About Hildegard Korger
Lived 1935 – 2018 (aged 83). Hildegard Korger was a German typographer, calligrapher and university teacher.
Hildegard Korger (18 June 1935 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia – 8 November 2018 ) was a master calligrapher, scholar and professor at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.
She is author of the Handbook of Type and Lettering (Schrift und Schreiben) which is considered by many to be one of the most definitive and complete books ever written on the subject of type and lettering arts. It is dedicated to her former teacher, the Leipzig typographer Albert Kapr (1918–1995). She was a member of Association Typographique Internationale.
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Who was Hildegard Korger?
German calligrapher (1935–2018)
When was Hildegard Korger born?
Hildegard Korger was born on 18 June 1935 in Liberec.
When did Hildegard Korger die?
Hildegard Korger died on 8 November 2018.
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Hildegard Korger was a typographer, calligrapher and university teacher.
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Hildegard Korger was German.
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