Ludwig & Mayer
| Company type | Type foundry |
|---|---|
| Industry | Typography |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Founder | Carl Jacob Ludwig |
| Defunct | 1984 |
| Fate | Rights acquired by Neufville Typefoundry |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main , Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Heinrich Jost, Karlgeorg Hoefer, Helmut Matheis, Jakob Erbar |
| Products | Typefaces |
Ludwig & Mayer was a type foundry located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Established in 1875 by Carl Jacob Ludwig, the company gained recognition for its influential type designs created by prominent designers including Heinrich Jost, Karlgeorg Hoefer, Helmut Matheis, and most notably Jakob Erbar. Among Erbar’s contributions, the Erbar Book stands out as one of the earliest geometric sans-serif fonts, introduced roughly five years before Paul Renner's Futura and Rudolf Koch's Kabel. Beginning in 1925, Ludwig & Mayer's typefaces were distributed within the United States through the Continental Type Founders Association. The foundry ceased operations in 1984, with its typeface rights subsequently acquired by the Neufville Typefoundry.
Typefaces
The foundry offered an extensive selection of typefaces encompassing both proprietary and designer collections:
Licensed Faces
These typefaces were originally crafted for line-casting by Simoncini SA:
External links
- Letterpress font foundries of Germany
- Manufacturing companies based in Frankfurt
- Design companies established in 1875
- Design companies disestablished in 1984
- 1875 establishments in Germany
- 1984 disestablishments in West Germany
- Manufacturing companies established in 1875
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1984