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Rudolf Koch (November 20, 1876 - April 9, 1934) was a leading German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher, born in Nuremberg. He was primarily a calligrapher with the Gebr. Klingspor foundry. He created several fonts, both in fraktur and normal formats. Fritz Kredel studied under Koch.
Koch wrote a book of 493 old-world symbols, monograms and runes entitled The Book of Signs which was published in 1955 by Dover Publications, INC. and which belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series.
Some of Koch's work can be seen today at the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach.
Some typefaces developed by Koch include:
- Neuland (1923)
- Kabel (1927)
- Zeppelin (1929)
- Prisma (1931)
- Holla (1932)
- Marathon (1938) (Full article...)