About Hans Eduard Meier
Lived 1922 – 2014 (aged 91). Hans Eduard Meier was a Swiss typographer, graphic artist, calligrapher and graphic designer.
Hans Eduard Meier (30 December 1922, Horgen, Switzerland — 15 July 2014, Horgen )
Bitstream Humanist 531 Cyrillic won awards at the type design contests bukva:raz!, and Kyrillitsa'99, under the text category.
Typefaces designed by Hans Eduard Meier Syntax - conceived between 1955 and 1964, metal cast by Stempel AG between 1968 and 1972, digitalized by Adobe in 1984, also released as Bitstream Humanist 531. Barbedor - 1984. ITC Syndor - 1986, International Typeface Corporation. Letter (Syntax Letter) - 1992, Linotype. Oberon - 1992. SNB-Alphabet -1994, for the Swiss Bank. Lapidar (Syntax Lapidar) - 1995, Linotype. LTSyntax - 1997, Linotype. Syntax Serif - 1999, Linotype. ABC-Schulschrift - for Swiss school primers, 2001–2008. Elysa - 2002, Elsner+Flake. Gesta Antiqua - 2004, Elsner+Flake Meier Kapitalis - 2012–2014, Elsner+Flake
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Who was Hans Eduard Meier?
Swiss typographer (1922-2014)
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Hans Eduard Meier was born on 30 December 1922 in Horgen.
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Hans Eduard Meier died on 15 July 2014 in Horgen.
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Hans Eduard Meier was a typographer, graphic artist, calligrapher and graphic designer.
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Hans Eduard Meier was Swiss.
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