VEB Typoart

VEB Typoart
Company typeVolkseigener Betrieb
IndustryType foundry
PredecessorSchelter & Giesecke, Ludwig Wagner AG, Schriftguss AG
Founded1948
Defunct1995
HeadquartersDresden, Germany

VEB Typoart was the only type foundry of East Germany. It was a state-owned enterprise ("Volkseigener Betrieb") located in Dresden. The foundry's most influential art directors were Herbert Thannhäuser (until 1963) and Albert Kapr (until 1987).

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