Ludwig Sütterlin

Ludwig Sütterlin ( born July 15, 1865 in Lahr in the Black Forest, † November 20, 1917 in Berlin) was a graphic designer, teacher and creator of the Sütterlin writings.

Life

Sütterlin was a pupil of Emil Döpler and Max Friedrich Koch. He created designs for posters ( inter alia, the " Hammer Print " the Berlin Trade Fair 1896), glasses and leather work. Sütterlin taught at the " teaching institute of the Royal Arts and Crafts Museum in Berlin ", the later United State Schools of Fine and Applied Arts, where he also held courses in artistic font. Sütterlin were subject teaching for printers at the craft school in Berlin.

Sütterlins output headings for school

Developed in 1911 Ludwig Sütterlin on behalf of the Prussian Ministry of Culture, a German and a Latin font output. These were from 1915 initially, later introduced in Prussia in other German countries and used until the temporary ban on blackletter font by the adoption in 1941 in schools - in the Federal Republic of Germany (eg in the Saarland). It was replaced in 1953 by the Latin script output (LA), which was developed by Iserlohn write circuit from the German normal type, which in turn goes back to Latin Sütterlins output font.