Ludwig & Mayer

Schriftgießerei Ludwig & Mayer
TypeDefunct
IndustryType foundry
Founded1875
FounderCarl Jacob Ludwig
Defunct1984
HeadquartersGermany
Key people
Karlgeorg Hoefer, Jakob Erbar, Helmut Matheis

Ludwig & Mayer was a German type foundry in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Many important designers worked for the Ludwig & Mayer type foundry, including Heinrich Jost, Karlgeorg Hoefer, Helmut Matheis, and most notably Jakob Erbar, whose Erbar Book was one of the first geometric sans-serif typefaces, predating both Paul Renner's Futura and Rudolf Koch's Kabel by some five years. Starting in 1925, Ludwig & Mayer types were distributed in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association. When the foundry ceased operations in 1984, rights to the typefaces was transmitted to the Neufville Typefoundry.[1]

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Ludwig & Mayer:[2]

House Faces

  • Allemannia Fraktur (1908), later digitized by Mew Varissara Ophaswongse (2018)
  • Allright (1936)
  • Altenburger Gotisch (1928)
  • Bastard Mediaeval
  • Beatrice (1931)
  • Behrens
  • Chic
  • Cochin (1922)
  • Commerciale
  • Die Mode (1914-1915)
  • Diplomat (1964), later digitized as Diploma by Hans van Maanen (2009)
  • Excelsior (1914), a script face
  • Firmin Didot (1929), a version Didot.[3]
  • Hallo (1956)
  • Kombinette (1932)
  • Kupferplatte (1950)
  • Largo (1939)
  • Luminous
  • Magnet (1951)
  • Manolo, an art nouveau faced revived by Ralph Unger as RMU Manolo (2019)
  • Nelson (1902), an art nouveau face.
  • Samson Script
  • Wren

Designer Faces

  • Achtung (1932, Erhard Grundeis), a heavy script face.[4]
  • Aeterna (1927, Heinrich Jost), also known as Jost Mediaeval and offered for machine composition by Intertype (Berlin).[5]
  • Allegro (1936, Hans Bohn)[6]
  • Altenburger Gotisch (1928, Hans Wagner), a fraktur face.
  • Antiqua die Schlanke (1938/9, Walter Höhnisch)
  • Augenheil (1908, Richard Ludwig)
  • Big Band (1974, Karlgeorg Hoefer)
  • Brigitte (1935, Albert Christoph Auspurg)
  • Candida (1936, Jakob Erbar), offered for machine composition by Linotype (Frankfurt).[7]
    • Candida Italic (1937, Walter Höhnisch)
  • Charleston (1967, Hace Frey), an updating of a Victorian display face.[8]
  • Charme (1957/8, Helmut Matheis), a calligraphic face.
    • Slogan (1959, Helmut Matheis), a bold version of Charme, not to be confused with the Nebiolo type foundry’s face of the same name.[9]
  • Colonia (1938/9, Walter Ferdinand Kemper) an early humanist sans.[10]
  • Compliment (1965, Helmut Matheis), an angular vertical script.[11]
  • Contact (1968, Imre Reiner), not to be confused with the American Type Founders face of the same name.[12]
  • Dominante (1959, Johannes Schweitzer), offered for machine composition by Simoncini SA (1962) .[13]
  • Domino (1959, Alfred Riedel), a fat face.[14]
  • Dynamo (1930, K. Sommer)
    • Motor (typeface) (1930, K. Sommer), an engraved version of Dynamo.[15]
  • Elegance (1968, Karlgeorg Hoefer)
  • Erbar-Grotesk (1922-30, Jakob Erbar), many faces in this series were also offered for machine composition by Linotype.[16]
  • Express (1952, Walter Höhnisch), a script face.[17]
  • Feder Grotesk + Fett Feder Grotesk + Feder Italic (1910, Jakob Erbar)[18]
  • Germroth-Deutsch (1935, G. Germroth), a blackletter face.
  • Headline (1964, Karlgeorg Hoefer)
  • Hoelderlin (1937/8, Eugen Weiss), blackletter face.
  • Koloss (1923, Jakob Erbar)[19]
  • Kombi (1930, Karl Hermann Schaefer)
  • Krimhilde (1934, Albert Christoph Auspurg)
  • Lyrisch (1907, Georg Schiller)
  • Matheis Mobil (1960, Helmut Matheis), a formal script.[20]
  • Mona Lisa (1930, Albert Christoph Auspurg)[21]
  • National (Fraktur) (1933/4, Walter Höhnisch)
  • Prägefest (1926, Paul Eduard Lautenbach)
  • Primadonna (1956, Helmut Matheis), a formal script.
  • Professor-Krause-Fraktur (1930, Wilhelm Krause), a blackletter.
  • Rasse (1924, Albert Christoph Auspurg)[22]
  • Reichert-Gotisch (1930’s, Joshua Reichert)
  • Rhapsodie (1949-51, Ilse Schüle), a modern romanization of a Schwabacher blackletter.[23]
  • Schlanke + Bold + Semibold (1939, Walter Höhnisch), known outside Germany as Slender.[24]
  • Schräge National (1933/4, Walter Höhnisch)
  • Skizze (1935, Walter Höhnisch), a script face also known as Sketch.[25]
  • Stereo (1968, Karlgeorg Hoefer)[26]
  • Stop (1939, Walter Höhnisch), a dry-brush script face.[27]
  • Symphonie (1945, Imre Reiner), a highly flourished script sold outside of Germany as Stradivarius.[28]
  • Welt (1931, Hans Wagner), a slab serif made in at least five weights. Also known as Luxor, Landi (1939-43 Nebiolo Foundry with additional variations by Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese)), Ramses (Fonderie Typographique Française), and Atlas (Amsterdam Type foundry), it was also offered for machine composition by Linotype.[29]
  • Welt-Fraktur (1910, Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil)
  • Werbekraft (1926, Arthur Schulze)
  • Werk-Fraktur (1918, Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil)
  • Werbeschrift Deutsch (1933, Walter Höhnisch)
  • Wolfram (1930, Hans Wagner), a heavy upright italic.[30]

Licensed Faces

The following faces were originally faces cut for line-casting by Simoncini SA.

References

  1. ↑ "Ludwig & Mayer". Typophile. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  2. ↑ Except where noted, this list is compiled from :"Ludwig & Mayer". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  4. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 361. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  5. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 2. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  6. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 4. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  7. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. pp. 36-7. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  8. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 44. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  9. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 369. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  10. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 260. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  11. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 371. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  12. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 262. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  13. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  14. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 72. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  15. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 265. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  16. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. pp. 269-70. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  17. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 375. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  18. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  19. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 299. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  20. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 146. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  21. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 158. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  22. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 190. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  23. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 396. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  24. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 206. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  25. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 398. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  26. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 342. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  27. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 400. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  28. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 400. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  29. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 239. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  30. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 242. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  31. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 11. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  32. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  33. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. pp. 320-21. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  34. ↑
    Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes (1986) [1953]. Encyclopedia of type faces. Blandford Press Ltd. pp. 320-21. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
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