Louis Oppenheim

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Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer.

Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906. He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910, signing his work with his initials, "LO". His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'. Oppenheim worked for the type foundry Berthold and created a handful of significant and wide-spread fonts, all of which share modernist characteristics, such as Lo-Type and Fanfare which are still in wide use today.^[1]

[edit] Quote

	Advertising should never be dry. A little bit of humor combined with straight facts will produce a happy mixture.
	— Louis Oppenheim [2]

[edit] Sources

1. ^ (1998) Friedl, Ott, Stein (ed.): Typography – when who how. Könemann. ISBN 3-89508-473-5.
2. ^ MyFonts on Lo-Type. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.

[edit] See also

• Lo-Type