[a letter from Lucian Bernhard to F.H. Ehmcke] designandstyle As we can’t host lectures

As we can’t host lectures or events (because there’s a global pandemic [FYI]) and thus don’t need to worry about projecting slides on one of our walls

(She wrote a book about Ehmcke and others

He tried to get this published in 1928

*In Lance Hidy’s Posters (1983)

And this time that notable designer was Freeman Craw

[a letter from Lucian Bernhard to F.H. Ehmcke] designandstyle As we can’t host lecturesUm. Do you have any idea what this is? Its a typed letter from Lucian Bernhard to F. H. Ehmcke, sure. But in this letter Bernhard accuses the Berthold foundry of ripping off his poster lettering and issuing their Block. Scandal! We dont have time to look into this further, but we are intrigued. Bernhard is asking Ehmcke for help in the matter, but, annoyingly, the letter is incomplete. Still, a fascinating document about type designs oldest