Otto Arpke Explained

Otto Arpke
Birth Date:1886 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Braunschweig, Germany
Death Place:Berlin
Nationality:German
Known For:Graphic Arts

Otto Arpke (16 October 1886 – 4 December 1943) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line.[1] He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry)[2] which is available in digital form as Taiko.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998., pp 94-95
  2. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983,, p. 10
  3. Web site: Otto Arpke . MyFonts . 1999-02-22 . 2011-10-20.

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