Walter Baum

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Walter Baum
Born(1921-05-23)23 May 1921
Gummersbach, Germany
Died8 March 2007(2007-03-08) (aged 85)
Bad Soden, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known fortypography

Walter Baum (23 May 1921 – 8 March 2007) was a German

Frankfurt am Main
.

Fonts Designed by Walter Baum

Letterpress print of Impressum regular.

All faces were designed in collaboration with Konrad Friedrich Bauer.

  • Alpha (Bauer, 1954)
  • Beta (Bauer, 1954), an alternate set of lower-case letters for Alpha.
  • Founderie Typographique Francaise
    .
  • Imprimatur (Bauer, and Intertype, 1952–55) also sold as Horizon by Founderie Typographique Francaise
  • Fortune or Volta (Bauer 1955)
  • Impressum (
    Amsterdam Type foundry
    and Bauer 1962)

References

General references

  • Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, William Turner; Johnson, Alfred Forbes. The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press. .
  • Friedl, Friedrich; Ott, Nicolaus; Stein, Bernard. Typography (in French). Running Press. .
  • Macmillan, Neil. An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. .