Hiero Rhode
German type designer

Hiero Rhode

BiographyListsAlso Viewed
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
German type designer
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
DesignerType designer
Birth:
30 June 1903(Nordhausen, Nordhausen district, Thuringia, Germany)
Death:
21 February 1954
Star sign:
Cancer
Biography menu
Menu

Jump to

Introduction Fonts Designed
The details
Biography

Introduction

Johannes Anton Hieronymus Rhode (1903-1954), known professionally as Hiero Rhode, was a German type designer.

Fonts Designed

  • Humboldt Fraktur (1938, Stempel Type Foundry), named after the German researcher Alexander von Humboldt.Digitized by Helzel, Delbanco (2001, as DS Humboldt Fraktur), Gerhard Helzel, and Dieter Steffmann (2002).
    • Humboldt Fraktur halbfett (1938)
    • Humboldt Fraktur Bierbuchftaben (1938)
  • Hiero Rhode Roman (1945, Johannes Wagner Type Foundry), matching italic by Karl Hans Walter.
    • Hiero Rhode Roman fett (1945)
  • Hiero Rhode Antiqua (1944, Johannes Wagner Type Foundry), digitized by Ari Rafaeli (2006).
    • Hiero Rhode Antiqua fett (1946)