Peter A. Demeter
German bookbinder, printer and publisher (1875-1939)
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (January 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
- View a machine-translated version of the German article.
- Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
- Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
- You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is
Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Peter A. Demeter]]; see its history for attribution.
- You may also add the template
{{Translated|de|Peter A. Demeter}}
to the talk page. - For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Peter A. Demeter | |
---|---|
Born | (1875-01-10)10 January 1875 |
Died | 23 May 1938(1938-05-23) (aged 63) |
Nationality | German |
Known for | typography |
Peter A. Demeter was a German designer at the Weber Typefoundry.[1]
Fonts Designed
- Demeter (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry, later Typoart)[2] This is one of a few German faces BB&S in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.[1]
- Demeter Schraffiert (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry[1]
- Dresden, decorative face, for Schriftgus A.G. Dresden, cut by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1925, 12-30pt[3]
- Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry, later Typoart)[4]
- Holländisch (1922 - 1926, Weber Typefoundry), shaded roman capitals in regular, bold, and extended.[5]
- Pearl Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry). In Germany this is known as Geperlte Fournier[6] and called Dresden when it was later published by BB&S in Chicago.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Peter A. Demeter". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ 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. 65.
- ^ American Metal typefaces in the Twenthieth Century, Mac McGrew, 1993, 2nd edition, Oak Knoll, pag. 123
- ^ 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. 96.
- ^ 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. 115.
- ^ 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. 174.
- v
- t
- e
This typography-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e