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Herbert Post
German type designer, printer, type teacher and type designer (b. Mannheim, 1903, d. Bayersoien, 1978). Ex-student of Rudolf Koch. He taught at the Werkstätten der Stadt Halle and at the Werkkunstschule Offenbach. From 1956 on, he was Director at the Academy for graphic design in Munich. Designer of Post Mediaeval (1944, Berthold, 1951), Altschrift, Post Fraktur (1933-1937, Berthold; + Halbfett, + Post Fraktur Zierversalien, 1933-1937; for a digital version, see DS Post Fraktur by Delbanco, Post Fraktur by Gerhard Helzel, or Post Fraktur and Postillon by Ralph M. Unger (2014)), Post Antiqua (1932-1940, Berthold; also called Post Roman; for digital revivals, see Corel's Prose Antique and Softmaker's P790 Roman), Post-Kursiv (1943, Berthold), Post-Schmuck (1949, Berthold), Dynamik (1952), eight fonts for Photo Lettering in 1954 (among which Frei bewegte Antiqua, Schmalfette Grotesk, Feder-Kursiv, Eckige Kursiv and die Schwung-Kursiv), and Post Marcato (1961-1962, an art deco bold sans, Berthold). Scans of a logo/poster for the Deutsche Bundespost, a poster for the Deutsche Bundesbahn (1952) and a poster for a theater performance in Halle in 1932. In 1999, Harald Süß wrote a brief biography. Picture, dated 1940. |
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file name: Herbert Post Post Fraktur 1933 1937
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file name: Gerhard Helzel Post Fraktur after Herbert Post 1935
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file name: Ralph M Unger Post Fraktur 2014 after Herbert Post Postillon 1933 1937
file name: Herbert Post Post Kursiv 1943
file name: Herbert Post Post Marcato 1961 1962
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file name: Herbert Post plakat Deutsche Bundesbahn 1952
file name: Berthold Herbert Post Post Mediaeval 1951
file name: Berthold Herbert Post Post Mediaeval Medium 1951
file name: Berthold Herbert Post Post Antiqua 1932 1939
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