Georg Trump (10 July 1896 – 21 December 1985) was a German graphics,

typeface A typeface (or font family) is a design of Letter (alphabet), letters, Numerical digit, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Most typefaces include variations in size (e.g., 24 point), weight (e.g., light, ...

and

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designer, known for designs such as the book typeface Trump Mediaeval (1954), the

slab serif In typography, a slab serif (also called ''mechanistic'', ''square serif'', ''antique'' or ''Egyptian'') typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Serif terminals may be either blunt and angular ( Rockwell), ...

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( 1931) and the condensed, industrial Schadow. Trump fought in both WWI and WWII, the latter of which left him severely wounded. He studied under , and was a fellow lecturer with

Jan Tschichold Jan Tschichold (; born Johannes Tzschichhold; 2 April 1902 – 11 August 1974), also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development o ...

in Munich. He worked for the

Berthold Type Foundry H. Berthold AG was one of the largest and most successful type foundry, type foundries in the world for most of the modern typography, typographic era, making the transition from Movable type, foundry type to cold type successfully and only comin ...

and then the Weber Type Foundry in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

References

External links

Biography and type designs
on the website of the Klingspor Museum
Uses of typefaces by Georg Trump

Postage stamps by Georg Trump

Drawing proposal for banknote by Georg Trump

Typedia
{{authority control German typographers and type designers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1896 births 1985 deaths German stamp designers State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart alumni