Johannes Wagner Type Foundry
| Industry | Type foundry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1921 |
| Founder | Johannes Wagner |
| Headquarters | Ingolstadt, Germany |
Johannes Wagner, Inh. is a type foundry created in 1921 by Johannes Wagner with his brother and brother-in-law in Berlin, moving to Ingolstadt in 1956.[1] In the early 1980s the firm acquired many of the matrices of the Weber Typefoundry and most of those from Berthold.[2]
Typefaces
These foundry types were produced by the Wagner Type Foundryr:[3]
- Antiqua 505 (1940, Arno Drescher), also called Manutius.
- Hiero Rhode Roman + Bold (1945, Hiero Rhode)
- Hiero Rhode Roman Italic (1945, Karl Hans Walter)
References
- ↑ "Wagner". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ↑ Duensing, Paul Hayden Metal Type: Whither Ten Years Hense? Fine Print Magazine, January 1985.
- ↑ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 2408-249
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