Georg Belwe (12 August 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer, typographer, graphic artist and teacher.
Personal information Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He studied and later taught at the teaching institute of Königliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in his native Berlin.
Career
1900 In 1900, with Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, he founded Steglitzer Werkstadt, a private press. This same year he joins the Kunstgewerbeschule as a teacher in Berlin.
1906 In 1906 he became head of typography department and the class for accurate drawing at the Leipzig Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe.
Productions Belwe has produced numerous works for publishing houses which include: List Reclam Eugen Diederichs Westermann
Publications His publications include: Albert Mundt "Georg Belwe und seine Klasse an der Königlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe" in "Archiv für Buchgewerbe" In June 1910.
Death Belwe died in Ronneburg, Germany in 1954.
Fonts Designed by Georg Belwe Belwe Roman (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1907) Belwe Gotisch (1912) Belwe Schrägschrift (1913) Belwe halbfett (1914) Wieland (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1926) Fleischman (L. Wagner Type Foundry, 1927), based on the eighteenth century designs of Joan Michaël Fleischman Schönschrift Mozart (1927) Shakespere Medaeval (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1927–1929)
Sources Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. . Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. . Macmillsn, Niel, An A-Z of Type Designers, Yale University Press, 2006.
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