Jan tschichold

Jan Tschichold. Die Frau ohne Namen (The Woman Without a Name) (Film poster for the Phoebus-Palast cinema, Munich). 1927. Photolithograph. 48 3/4 x 34

Jan Tschichold was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer. (exhibition poster example)

Jan Tschichold. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye.

Elizabeth Meggs and Philip B. Meggs in 1984.

Found a new source (or fairly new, published last year by Thames & Hudson) about my personal favorite among graphic designers of the past: Jan Tschichold : Master Typographer : His Life, Work & Legacy. It includes a chapter by Martin E. Le Coultre about early work in Munich. The posters for Phoebus-Palast cinema were Tschichold's first large commission and one in which he was given much latitude to experiment. In late 1926 the Phoebus-Palast was opened with great fanfare as a branch of the…

Herbert Bayer. "Schlesisches Heim," issue 1/2, 8th year. 1927. Letterpress with offset lithographic cover. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4" (21 x 29.8 cm). Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson. 529.1999. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Architecture & Design

Walter Dexel, Die Sport Ausstellung, 1929

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