Lazydogs Type foundry

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Lazydogs Type foundry [Oliver Linke] Lazydogs Type foundry is a German foundry located in München (and before that, Augsburg), est. 2005, by Oliver Linke, Robert Strauch and Kai Büschl. Strauch left in 2014. They do custom and retail type work. Oliver Linke (b. 1971, Odenwald, Germany) studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany and the University of Missouri, Kansas City (19931-1998). He continued his studies in art history, art education and philosophy (2000-2005) at the University of Augsburg. He teaches type design and typography at the Designschule München (and before that, at the Blocherer Schule) and Augsburg. By 2017, Lazydogs was run by just two of its founders, Oliver Linke and Kai Büschl. Lazydogs published some commercial typefaces, such as Fabiol (2005, a garalde by Robert Strauch), a winner at the TDC 2005 type competition. Oliver Linke created the Lazydogs Finn family (2006, a gorgeous delicate sans). At ATypI 2007 in Brighton, he spoke about Masterpieces of Johann Neudörffer the Elder (1497-1563). In 2007, Oliver Linke and Christine Sauer published Zierlich schreiben Der Schreibmeister Johann Neudörffer der Ältere und seine Nachfolger in Nürnberg (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur der Stadt Nürnberg 25, Typographische Gesellschaft München / Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg). Other typefaces: Pandera (2008, Robert Strauch), Vela (2010, a text typeface), North (2008, Trine Rask), Alena (2012-2017, Roland Stieger). Typefaces from 2013: Streets of London (a complete lapidary font family out of a capital alphabet designed by the British stone cutter and type designer David Kindersley (1915-1995), a former apprentice of Eric Gill). Typefaces from 2018: the didone families LD Moderne Antiqua (+Fat) and LD Moderne Slab by Kai Büschl. Typefaces from 2019: LD Grotesk (Regular, Condensed, Wide), LD Fabiol Pro. Typefaces from 2020: LD Elsnac (a roman typeface family), LD Genzsch Antiqua (by Michael Wörgötter: a revival of Genzsch Antiqua (or Nordische Antiqua)). Typefaces from 2021: LinkeHand Pro.	EXTERNAL LINKS Lazydogs Type foundry [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Type scene in Missouri ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Lapidary typefaces ⦿ Garalde or Garamond typefaces ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿