Otto Arpke

Otto Arpke
Born	October 16, 1886(1886-10-16) Braunschweig, Germany
Died	December 4, 1943(1943-12-04) (aged 57) Berlin
Nationality	German
Field	Graphic Arts

Otto Arpke was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line.^[1] He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry)^[2] which is available in digital form as Taiko.^[3]

References

1. ^ Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7, pp 94-95
2. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 10
3. ^ "Otto Arpke". MyFonts. 1999-02-22. http://new.myfonts.com/person/Otto_Arpke/. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 

Persondata
Name	Arpke, Otto
Alternative names
Short description	Graphic artist, illustrator and painter
Date of birth	16 October 1886
Place of birth	Braunschweig, Germany
Date of death	4 December 1943
Place of death	Berlin, Germany