Paul Renner

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This paper explains that, despite Paul Renner's strict upbringing during which he learned the value of duty, of leadership, and of responsibility, he was an artist in every sense. The paper describes him as a painter, a designer, an author, but he is perhaps best remembered for his skills as a graphic designer, and in particular, as a designer of fonts.

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"Paul Renner studied architecture and painting in Berlin, Munich and Karlsruhe; he then worked as a painter in Munich. From 1907 until 1917, he worked as a Production Assistant and Presentation Manager for Georg Miller Verlag in Munich. In 1911, he became one of the founders, along with Jan Tschichold, of a private school for illustration in Munich. During the years 1925-26, he was Head of the commercial art and typography department at the Frankfurter Kunstschule, and in 1926, he became Director of the city of Munich's Grafische Berufsschulen, and from 1927, the Meisterschule for Deutschlands Buchdrucker."

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