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Hiero Rhode

Johannes Anton Hieronymus Rhode (1903-1954), known professionally as Hiero Rhode, was a German type designer.

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Hiero Rhode
Born(1903-06-30)30 June 1903
Saxony, Germany
Died21 February 1954(1954-02-21) (aged 50)
Berlin, Germany
Known forTypography

Johannes Anton Hieronymus Rhode (1903-1954), known professionally as Hiero Rhode, was a German type designer.

Fonts Designed

  • Humboldt Fraktur (1938, Stempel Type Foundry), named after the German researcher Alexander von Humboldt. Digitized by Helzel, Delbanco (2001, as DS Humboldt Fraktur), Gerhard Helzel, and Dieter Steffmann (2002).1
    • Humboldt Fraktur halbfett (1938)2
    • Humboldt Fraktur Bierbuchftaben (1938)2
  • Hiero Rhode Roman (1945, Johannes Wagner Type Foundry), matching italic by Karl Hans Walter.134
    • Hiero Rhode Roman fett (1945)5
  • Hiero Rhode Antiqua (1944, Johannes Wagner Type Foundry), digitized by Ari Rafaeli (2006).1
    • Hiero Rhode Antiqua fett (1946)2
References

References

  1. "Johannes Anton Hiero Rhode". luc.devroye.org. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. "Rhode".
  3. Berry, William Turner (1962). The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. Pitman Publishing Corporation.
  4. Journal of Scholarly Publishing. University of Toronto Press. October 1979.
  5. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 114.