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Harald Geisler

Harald Geisler
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Frankfurt am Main
Alma materHochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
Notable workSigmund Freud Typeface, Albert Einstein Font, Typographic Wall Calendar, Typographic Postcards Series

Harald Geisler is an artist known for his typographic projects about the role of writing in society.[1][2] He was born 1980 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and graduated in 2009 at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main.[3]

In 2009 Geisler started creating typefaces and since then released 28 typefaces.[4] With an emphasis on handwriting he developed a method to design fonts that focuses on movement rather than outlines.[5] In 2013 while drawing a font based on Sigmund Freud's manuscripts he started to store multiple versions of each letter in the font instead of fixed ligatures, and created a technique called polyalphabetic substitution that would alter between multiple versions of each letter based on the surrounding letters.[6] This means that when a typist types, the ligatures in each word change so that they are not overused, giving the writing a more realistic look. The technique was based on the rotating barrels of an Enigma encryption machine.

His work is controversially discussed among designers and aims to engage a wider audience in a discourse about typography.[7] His projects are often financed through crowdfunding.

  1. ^ Sloat, Sarah (2015-06-03). "Want Your Writing to Look Like Einstein's? Computers Mimic Handwriting of the Famous". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. ^ Quito, Anne. "A new font based on Einstein's handwriting will let you write like a genius". Quartz. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  3. ^ Williams, Rhiannon (2015-05-06). "Write like a genius with Albert Einstein's handwriting font". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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  6. ^ MacDonald, Fiona. "You'll Soon Be Able to Type Everything in Einstein's Handwriting, Thanks to This New Font". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  7. ^ "Love type? 15 type designers to watch out for in 2016". Learn. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

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