FontForum. FontForum Designer Profile: Hellmut G. Bomm URW++ DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GMBH. Poppenbütteler Bogen Hamburg Germany

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1 FontForum FontForum Designer Profile: Hellmut G. Bomm URW++ DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GMBH Poppenbütteler Bogen Hamburg Germany TEL +49 (0) FAX +49 (0) info@urwpp.de

2 1.1 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM HELLMUT G. BOMM Born in 1948 in Backnang. Studies: Kunstschule Stuttgart, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Institut für Buchgestaltung with Prof. Walter Brudi, Kurt Weidemann. Since 1975 independent (works himself and all the time) All areas and aspects of graphic design, specialized in Serigraphy (since 1975 numerous exhibitions), Heraldry (e.g. Berlin Mitte Shield), Typography Since 1973 design of headline and text typefaces 1997: Second price of the 2. Digital Type Design Contes of Linotype Library in the category Text Fonts. Some new comprehensive font families in the works. PERSONAL WEBSITE OVERVIEW FONTFORUM FONTS BY HELLMUT G. BOMM BALDUR SEVENTY Baldur Seventy 3 Styles 2004 BOMMI BOMMI 2 Styles 2002 HGB GROTESK HGB Grotesk 7 Styles 2005 JAZZ RAGTIME JAZZ RAGTIME 1 Style 2003 JOGA Joga 2 Styles 2008 KLASSIKA Klassika 11 Styles 2004 ROTATE KLASSIK Rotate Klassik 3 Style 2004 ROTATE MODERN Rotate Modern 3 Styles 2004 ROTATE NOUVEAU Rotate Nouveau 2 Styles 2004 ROTATE MYSTICONS %&(),.78 BCDEF cdfl 02 11

3 2.1 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM SCHILLERPLATZ Schillerplatz 2 Styles 2008 LOMBARDISCH Lombardisch 1 Style 2008 SOLO Solo 2 Styles 2003 FONTFORUM BALDUR SEVENTY SEVENTY SEVENTY ONE SEVENTY TWO FONTFORUM BOMMI CARBON 03 11

4 2.2 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM OXIGEN FONTFORUM HGB GROTESK LIGHT MEDIUM BOLD BLACK ITALIC 04 11

5 2.3 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM 'CONDENSED LIGHT SMALL CAPS BLACK FONTFORUM JAZZ RAGTIME REGULAR FONTFORUM JOGA Joga is based on signage lettering designed for the Johannes Pharmacy in Backnang, in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, many years ago, probably by the architect of the building. German type designer Hellmut G. Bomm, who has contributed a number of very beautiful and unique fonts to the URW FontForum during the last decade, was asked to redesign the pharmacy's letterhead, fax, business cards, etc., based on the original lettering. The result is quite pleasing: Joga is an expressive sans serif display font in the same vein as Broadway very feminine, very beautiful and of classical elegance. Joga reminds one of Art Deco and theater posters, and it is easily recognized by its strong contrast and individual letter forms. Joga is precisely constructed, i.e., it was drawn on a grid. REGULAR 05 11

6 2.4 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM REGULAR ITALIC FONTFORUM KLASSIKA LIGHT (!,.»«) { } [?;: %)* BOOK MEDIUM BOLD BLACK 06 11

7 2.5 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM LIGHT ITALIC BOOK ITALIC MEDIUM ITALIC BOLD ITALIC BLACK ITALIC BRONZE (!,.»«) &?;: Hamburgerfonts by Hellmut G. Bomm 07 11

8 2.6 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM FONTFORUM ROTATE KLASSIK REGULAR KLASSIK MEDIUM KLASSIK BOLD MODERN REGULAR MODERN MEDIUM MODERN BOLD (!,.»«){&}[?;: %)* 08 11

9 2.7 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM NOUVEAU REGULAR NOUVEAU BOLD ROTATE MYSTICONS!%&( ),-./ :;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO abcdefghijklmno- FONTFORUM SCHILLERPLATZ When the German city of Backnang asked Hellmut G. Bomm to draw the letterings 'Markgrafenhof' and 'Stiftshof' in the historical style of the street signs from the middle of the last century, he so liked what he had drawn that he consequently developed two complete font weights (regular and bold) from it. He named the typeface Schillerplatz. Both fonts are true representations of street signs unquestionably beautiful. REGULAR BOLD 09 11

10 2.8 URW++ FONTFORUM HELLMUT G. BOMM FONTFORUM LOMBARDISCH In mediaeval times, Lombardic initials were popular for embellished upper case in handwriting. Also, in ancient print products of the reanaissance, like e.g. in the Schedelschen Weltchronik of 1493, Lombardic initials were used to mark indentions. In other cases, Lombardic initials were set for Inscripts, like e.g. at the Gotische Münster in Schwäbisch-Gmünd. REGULAR (!,. ) &?;: %* Hamburgerfonts by H. G. Bomm FONTFORUM SOLO DATA (!,.»«){&}[?;: %)* MITO (!,.»«){&}[?;: %)* 10 11

11 FontForum a further selection of URW++ FontForum Designer Frank Ramspott Monika Fischer Peter Guckes Christoph Ulherr Michel M. Dr. Philip Kraft Coen Hofmann Carsten Strinkau Peter Langpeter Ralph M. Unger Jan Koller Markus Wagner Hajime Kawakami