Meta comes with CE, Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish sets as well. The FF Meta families (1985) were originally designed for Bundespost, which did not use it-it stayed with Helvetica for a while and now uses Frutiger. The huge families FF Meta1, FF Meta2, FF Meta3 (2003), FF Meta Condensed (1998) and FFMetaCorrespondence.FF Govan (2001, by Ole Schaefer and Erik Spiekermann).Berliner Grotesk (1979-1980, Berthold): based on an old Berthold AG typeface from 1923.PT 55 (1986), the precursor of FF Meta.Lo-Type (1913, Louis Oppenheim) was digitally adapted by Spiekermann for Berthold in 1979-1980.He made the following typefaces and type families: Laudatio by John Walters of Eye Magazine. It is an initiative of the postgraduate course in Type&Media at the Hague Royal Academy of Art with the Meermanno Museum (The Hague).īiography. In October 2003, he received the third Gerrit Noordzij Prize, which is given every other year to a designer who has played an important role in the field of type design and typography. He taught typography at the Art Academy in Bremen, and is guest-lecturer at several schools around the world. Author of Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) (Adobe Press, Second Edition, 2002, First Edition, 1993). He collaborated on the publication of the comprehensive FontBook. He now lives and works in Berlin, London and San Francisco, designing publications, complex design systems and more typefaces. In July 2000, Erik left MetaDesign Berlin. He holds an honorary professorship at the Academy of Arts in Bremen, is board member of ATypI and the German Design Council, and president of the ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers).
In 1988 he set up FontShop, home of the FontFont collection. German type designer and graphic designer par excellence, born in 1947 in Stadthagen. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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