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Justus Erich Walbaum (1768-1837)

"Justus Erich Walbaum (25 January 1768 – 21 June 1837) was a prominent German typefounder and punchcutter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[a]

Walbaum was a punchcutter, who carved steel punches used as a master to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type. Walbaum was born in Steinlah, a district of the town of Haverlah in modern Lower Saxony. Based first in Goslar and later in Weimar, he created type in the Didone style, also known as the 'rational' or 'modern' style. This style, inspired by the work of type designers such as the Didot family and Giambattista Bodoni, involved a sharper contrast between thick and thin strokes than was used previously, and a more modular design abstracted from handwriting. Jan Tschichold described his designs as 'the most beautiful German version' of modern type. He also created type in the Fraktur style of blackletter." - (en.wikipedia.org 14.01.2022)

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Walbaum-Schriften Antiqua und Fraktur, Berthold Probenheft Nr. 210Walbaum-Antiqua, Probe Nr. 377Intertype-Matrizen Walbaum-Antiqua, Berthold-GroteskWalbaum Schriften gegossen aus alten Original-Matern der Schriftgießerei F. A. B
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