Walter Baum (23 May 1921 – 8 March 2007) was a German

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. Baum trained as a typesetter from 1935 to 1939. He resumed his studies after World War II before becoming head of the graphics studio at the Bauer Type Foundry in 1948. There, he collaborated with Konrad Friedrich Bauer in designing many typefaces, including Fortune, the first Clarendon typeface with a matching italic. From 1972 to 1986 he was director of the Kunstschule Westend in

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Fonts Designed by Walter Baum

All faces were designed in collaboration with Konrad Friedrich Bauer. * Alpha (Bauer, 1954) * Beta (Bauer, 1954), an alternate set of lower-case letters for Alpha. *

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(Bauer and Intertype, 1956–63), also sold as ''Caravelle'' by Founderie Typographique Francaise. * Imprimatur (Bauer, and Intertype, 1952–55) also sold as ''Horizon'' by Founderie Typographique Francaise * Fortune or ''Volta'' (Bauer 1955) * Impressum ( Amsterdam Type foundry and Bauer 1962)

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* * * 1921 births German graphic designers German typographers and type designers 2007 deaths People from Gummersbach {{typ-stub