February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
14h 34m
English
book
Typography, Referenced
by Jason Tselentis, Allan Haley, Richard Poulin, Tony Seddon, Gerry Leonidas, Ina Saltz, Kathryn Henderson, Tyler Alterman
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Typefaces and Specimens
Background Traits
Rudolf Koch (), chief designer at the Klingspor Brothers
Foundry in Off enbach, Germany, named his font in honor of
the foundry’s coowner. Koch employed his calligraphy skills
to design Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch, which some have
deemed a leading Textura specimen.
Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch has animated, vigorous, mas-
terfully drawn letterforms with a generous amount of
counterspace. Its narrow
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