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

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and

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. Baum trained as a typesetter from 1935 to 1939. He resumed his studies after

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before becoming head of the graphics studio at the

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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