Kaufmann (typeface)

Kaufmann (typeface)

Infobox font
name = Kaufmann


style = Casual script
date = 1936
creator = Max R. Kauffman
foundry = American Type Founders
foundries = Bitstream, Elsner+Flake, Linotype, Adobe Type, Scangraphic, Tilde, SIA, URW

Kaufmann is the name of a brush script typeface drawn in 1936 by Max R. Kaufmann for the American Type Founders (ATF). The stroke weight is monotone. Uppercase characters are freely drawn, while lowercase are more regular in height and width, recalling cursive handwriting. Lowercase characters are close fitting, effecting the look of a connecting script. The d is looped.

The fluid forms of both the upper- and lowercases, combined with an even weight of stroke, have made Kaufmann popular in neon sign fabrication.

Usages

A slightly modified form of the typeface has recently been used for the logo of the "Pop Idol" series and various international spinoffs. The most notable change is the long stylised flick added to the capital "A" in the "American Idol", "Australian Idol" and "Asian Idol" logos. The "Z" featuring in the "NZ Idol" logo is also very different from a standard Kaufmann "Z".

References

*Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. "The Encyclopedia of Type Faces". Blandford Press Ltd.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.

External links

* [https://ssl.kundenserver.de/www.elsner-flake-shop.com/sess/utn154581e252a30f6/shopdata/product_search.shopscript?query=Kauffman&search_logical=and&content=suche&page=1&sprache= Elsner + Flake website]


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