Berthold Wolpe

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Berthold Ludwig Wolpe OBE (October 29, 1905–July 5, 1989) was a German typeface designer and teacher.

Wolpe was born in Offenbach, Germany. He became acquainted with Stanley Morison in 1932, and emigrated to London in 1935, where he worked until 1940 for the Fanfare Press. During World War II, as a German national, he was relocated through U-Boat-infested waters to Australia with many of his emigre countrypeople who were residing in Britain. He was allowed to return in 1941, and later that year married artist Margaret Wolpe (maiden name Margaret Smith).

He designed over 1,500 book jackets for the publisher Faber & Faber between 1941 and 1975.

Wolpe was given the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) award by the Royal Society of Arts in 1959. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.