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Günter Gerhard Lange
Artistic Director of H. Berthold AG,
Günter Gerhard Lange has been responsible for the company's
entire typeface development programme since 1960.
In addition to reviving several classic faces he also created many new typefaces,
including Concorde and Imago.
Born in Frankfurt in 1921 he studied calligraphy, type design, drawing
etching and lithorgraphy at the Akademie für Graphik und Buchkunst
in Leipzig from 1941 to 1945, where his tutors included George Belwe for
calligraphy and typesetting and Hans Theo Richter for lithography. After
a period as a freelance painter and graphic designer he moved to Berlin
in 1949 and undertook further studies in painting and drawing at the Hochschule
der Künste.
A calligraphic influence shows itself in some of his types. His early Derby
and Boulevard are both Script types, as are Champion and El Greco. His 1954
Solemnis is an uncial and was part of the revival of such forms begun by
Victor Hammer. Arena is a roman body type which bears the influence of Stanley
Morrison's Times. His career with Berthold commenced in 1950 when he was
employed as an artistic freelancer.
After his appointemnt as Artistic Director in 1960 he was appointed to the
main board in 1971. |
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