Hans Eduard Meier

Hans Eduard Meier, born 30 December 1922 in Horgen (Switzerland) deceased 15 July 2014,[1][2] is a Swiss type designer. Creator of neohumanist typeface Syntax at Stempel Foundry. Also Barbedor (1984), Letter (1992) and Lapidar (1995).

Awards

Linotype Syntax won TDC² 2000 (Type Directors Club Type Design Competition 2000) award under the Text/display type systems category.[3]

Bitstream Humanist 531 Cyrillic won awards at Kyrillitsa'99 under text category,[4] and "bukva:raz!" type design contests.[5][6]

Typefaces designed by Hans Eduard Meier
  • Syntax - conceived between 1955 and 1964, metal cast by Stempel AG between 1968 and 1972, digitalized by Adobe in 1984, also released as Bitstream Humanist 531.
  • Barbedor - 1984.
  • ITC Syndor - 1986, International Typeface Corporation.
  • Letter (Syntax Letter) - 1992, Linotype.
  • Oberon - 1992.
  • SNB-Alphabet -1994, for the Swiss Bank.
  • Lapidar (Syntax Lapidar) - 1995, Linotype.
  • LTSyntax - 1997, Linotype.
  • Syntax Serif - 1999, Linotype.
  • ABC-Schulschrift - for Swiss school primers, 2001–2008.
  • Elysa - 2002, Elsner+Flake.
  • Gesta Antiqua - 2004, Elsner+Flake
  • Meier Kapitalis - 2012–2014, Elsner+Flake

References
  1. "Morto il creatore di Syntax" (in Italian). 2014. RSI014.
  2. "Hans Eduard Meier, † July 15, 2014". 2014. Linotype.com.
  3. TDC News:TDC2 2000 Archived 2012-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "U&lc Online Issue: 25.4.1: The Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  5. bukva:raz! results Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ParaType: Humanist 531 font

Bibliography
  • Devroye, Luc. "Hans Eduard Meier". Type Design Information.
  • Max Caflisch, Die Druckschriften [1955 bis 1995] von Hans Eduard Meier, dans: TM-RSI N° 6/1996.
  • Dossier Hans Eduard Meier, TM-RSI, N° 3/2014, pp. 1–26, contributions by d'Erich Alb, Roger Chatelain, Sumner Stone, Katharine Wolff, Max Caflisch. Typografische Monatsblätter.
  • Jubert, Roxane (2012). "Hans Eduard Meier, a life dedicated to letter design". Typotheque.com.


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