Rudolf Koch

Who was Rudolf Koch?

Rudolf Koch was a leading German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher, born in Nuremberg. He was primarily a calligrapher with the Gebr. Klingspor foundry. He created several typefaces, in both fraktur and roman styles. Fritz Kredel studied under Koch at the Offenbach School of Design.

Koch wrote a book containing 493 old-world symbols, monograms and runes entitled The Book of Signs. He had also a column in the magazine Die zeitgemäße Schrift, a magazine of design published by Heintze & Blanckertz.