Albrecht Pfister
Herr Pfister was a printer in the city of Bamberg Bavaria. He is known to have published nine works. And it has been contentiously argued that he printed the “36…
Alchimistes
Trithemius, a 15th century Abbott, and influential counselor to Emperor Maximilian I, was also an author who wrote both histories and the first printed work on cryptography which gained him…
Amerbach 883
Johann Amerbach was a very successful printer in the city of Basil, Switzerland. He maintained an extensive network of scholars and issued over a 100 works during his 35 years…
Ammurapi
Ammurapi was the last king of Ugarit, which was destroyed circa 1200 B.C. Back then all writing was done by hand and all that has been preserved is on clay…
Andreae
Hieronymus Andreae or latter in life Hieronymus Formenschneider as he proudly took a new surname to proclaim his success in the printing industry as the man who introduced the Fraktur…
Anguillette
Every one talks about going Green. It will be the new economy. No one knows what that world might look like. However, type styles in the Art Nouveau looked to…
Augsburger2009
This typeface was inspired strongly by one of Ernhardt Ratdolt’s (1442-1528?) many beautiful typefaces. Mr. Ratdolt was a printer from the city of Augsburg, who had also worked for several…
Azabercna
The Goths swept across Europe hastening about the dissolution of the Roman Empire, forever acquiring a disrepute noticeable to this day. Wulfilas, a bishop, translated the Bible into Gothic and…
Ballard
This typeface was inspired by a font used by Henrie Ballard. Ballard operated on Fleet Street at the Signe of the Bear in London, England. He was active in the…