Heinrich Jost: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m bot: Convert Münchner Neueste Nachrichten to wikilink |
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5 |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|German typographer and graphic designer}} |
|||
[[File:Bauer Bodoni spec.PNG|thumb|right|Bauer Bodoni, one of the best-known typefaces designed by Jost]] |
[[File:Bauer Bodoni spec.PNG|thumb|right|Bauer Bodoni, one of the best-known typefaces designed by Jost]] |
||
'''Heinrich Jost''' (13 October 1889 – 27 September 1948) was a German [[typographer]] and [[graphic designer]]. He was the [[art director]] of the [[Bauer Type Foundry]] from 1923 until 1948. |
'''Heinrich Jost''' (13 October 1889 – 27 September 1948) was a German [[typographer]] and [[graphic designer]]. He was the [[art director]] of the [[Bauer Type Foundry]] from 1923 until 1948. |
||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
Jost was born in 1889 to a bookbinder father in [[Magdeburg]], where he attended the [[Kunstgewerbeschule|Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule]] Magdeburg and trained as a bookseller. In 1908 he moved to [[Munich]] and began studying book production at the {{Interlanguage link multi|Debschitz-Schule|de}} in 1911 under the tutelage of [[Paul Renner]] and [[Emil Preetorius]].<ref name=lino>{{cite web|url=http://www.linotype.com/722/heinrichjost.html|title=Font Designer – Heinrich Jost|publisher=[[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]]|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=az>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxV4qEolEo8C&pg=PA116|title=An A-Z of Type Designers|page=116|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|first=Neil|last=Macmillan|year=2006| isbn=9780300111514}}</ref> He worked as a freelance [[type designer]] from 1914 onwards; his clients included the newspaper ''[[Münchner Neueste Nachrichten]]'' and other publications.<ref name=az/><ref name=typo>{{cite web|url=http://www.typolexikon.de/j/jost-heinrich.html|title=Jost, Heinrich|work=Typolexicon|date=8 August 2006|first=Wolfgang|last=Beinert|language=German|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> |
Jost was born in 1889 to a bookbinder father in [[Magdeburg]], where he attended the [[Kunstgewerbeschule|Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule]] Magdeburg and trained as a bookseller. In 1908 he moved to [[Munich]] and began studying book production at the {{Interlanguage link multi|Debschitz-Schule|de}} in 1911 under the tutelage of [[Paul Renner]] and [[Emil Preetorius]].<ref name=lino>{{cite web|url=http://www.linotype.com/722/heinrichjost.html|title=Font Designer – Heinrich Jost|publisher=[[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]]|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=az>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxV4qEolEo8C&pg=PA116|title=An A-Z of Type Designers|page=116|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|first=Neil|last=Macmillan|year=2006| isbn=9780300111514}}</ref> He worked as a freelance [[type designer]] from 1914 onwards; his clients included the newspaper ''[[Münchner Neueste Nachrichten]]'' and other publications.<ref name=az/><ref name=typo>{{cite web|url=http://www.typolexikon.de/j/jost-heinrich.html|title=Jost, Heinrich|work=Typolexicon|date=8 August 2006|first=Wolfgang|last=Beinert|language=German|accessdate=7 May 2015|archive-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426080602/http://www.typolexikon.de/j/jost-heinrich.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
||
In 1923 Jost was invited by Georg Hartmann<ref name=az/> to become the art director of the [[Bauer Type Foundry]] in [[Frankfurt am Main]].<ref name=lino/> He directed Bauer during its most successful period, until 1948.<ref name=typo/> At Bauer, he oversaw the work of designers such as Paul Renner, [[Lucian Bernhard]] and {{Interlanguage link multi|Imre Reiner|de}}.<ref name=myfonts>{{cite web|url=https://www.myfonts.com/person/Heinrich_Jost/|title=Heinrich Jost|publisher=[[MyFonts]]|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Jost personally designed several typefaces for Bauer: Atrax (1926), Bauer [[Bodoni]] (1926), and [[Beton (typeface)|Beton]] (c. 1931–1936). He also designed Jost Mediaeval for [[Ludwig & Mayer]] (1927–1929) and a revival of [[Fraktur]] for [[Monotype]] (1938).<ref name=az/> Beton was popular among advertisers, while Bauer Bodoni, which was created as a rival to [[Morris Fuller Benton]]'s ATF Bodoni, is generally regarded by typographers as the most faithful revival of [[Giambattista Bodoni]]'s original typeface.<ref name=az/><ref name=typo/> His other designs include Aeterna (1927) and Georg Hartmann [[Antiqua (typeface class)|Antiqua]] (1948).<ref name=typo/> |
In 1923 Jost was invited by Georg Hartmann<ref name=az/> to become the art director of the [[Bauer Type Foundry]] in [[Frankfurt am Main]].<ref name=lino/> He directed Bauer during its most successful period, until 1948.<ref name=typo/> At Bauer, he oversaw the work of designers such as Paul Renner, [[Lucian Bernhard]] and {{Interlanguage link multi|Imre Reiner|de}}.<ref name=myfonts>{{cite web|url=https://www.myfonts.com/person/Heinrich_Jost/|title=Heinrich Jost|publisher=[[MyFonts]]|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Jost personally designed several typefaces for Bauer: Atrax (1926), Bauer [[Bodoni]] (1926), and [[Beton (typeface)|Beton]] (c. 1931–1936). He also designed Jost Mediaeval for [[Ludwig & Mayer]] (1927–1929) and a revival of [[Fraktur]] for [[Monotype]] (1938).<ref name=az/> Beton was popular among advertisers, while Bauer Bodoni, which was created as a rival to [[Morris Fuller Benton]]'s ATF Bodoni, is generally regarded by typographers as the most faithful revival of [[Giambattista Bodoni]]'s original typeface.<ref name=az/><ref name=typo/> His other designs include Aeterna (1927) and Georg Hartmann [[Antiqua (typeface class)|Antiqua]] (1948).<ref name=typo/> |
||
| Line 16: | Line 17: | ||
[[Category:1889 births]] |
[[Category:1889 births]] |
||
[[Category:1948 deaths]] |
[[Category:1948 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:German typographers]] |
[[Category:German typographers and type designers]] |
||
[[Category:German graphic designers]] |
[[Category:German graphic designers]] |
||
[[Category:German art directors]] |
[[Category:German art directors]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Artists from Magdeburg]] |
||
Latest revision as of 03:02, 25 July 2024
Heinrich Jost (13 October 1889 – 27 September 1948) was a German typographer and graphic designer. He was the art director of the Bauer Type Foundry from 1923 until 1948.
Biography
[edit]Jost was born in 1889 to a bookbinder father in Magdeburg, where he attended the Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule Magdeburg and trained as a bookseller. In 1908 he moved to Munich and began studying book production at the Debschitz-Schule in 1911 under the tutelage of Paul Renner and Emil Preetorius.[1][2] He worked as a freelance type designer from 1914 onwards; his clients included the newspaper Münchner Neueste Nachrichten and other publications.[2][3]
In 1923 Jost was invited by Georg Hartmann[2] to become the art director of the Bauer Type Foundry in Frankfurt am Main.[1] He directed Bauer during its most successful period, until 1948.[3] At Bauer, he oversaw the work of designers such as Paul Renner, Lucian Bernhard and Imre Reiner.[4] Jost personally designed several typefaces for Bauer: Atrax (1926), Bauer Bodoni (1926), and Beton (c. 1931–1936). He also designed Jost Mediaeval for Ludwig & Mayer (1927–1929) and a revival of Fraktur for Monotype (1938).[2] Beton was popular among advertisers, while Bauer Bodoni, which was created as a rival to Morris Fuller Benton's ATF Bodoni, is generally regarded by typographers as the most faithful revival of Giambattista Bodoni's original typeface.[2][3] His other designs include Aeterna (1927) and Georg Hartmann Antiqua (1948).[3]
Jost died in 1948 in Frankfurt am Main.[1] A collection of his work has since been displayed at Klingspor Museum in Offenbach am Main.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Font Designer – Heinrich Jost". Linotype. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Macmillan, Neil (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780300111514.
- ^ a b c d Beinert, Wolfgang (8 August 2006). "Jost, Heinrich". Typolexicon (in German). Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Heinrich Jost". MyFonts. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
