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  • About us : Ludwig & Mayer was a type foundry in Frankfurt am Main.The company was founded in 1875 as the C. J. Ludwig type foundry by Jean Noel Carl Ludwig in Eckenheimer Landstrasse. Ludwig had previously worked as an accountant at the Flinsch type foundry for ten years. After Ludwig Mayer joined as a partner in 1883, the company traded as Ludwig & Mayer. In 1911 the company moved to Hanau ...
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    Ludwig & Mayer was a type foundry in Frankfurt am Main.
    The company was founded in 1875 as the C. J. Ludwig type foundry by Jean Noel Carl Ludwig in Eckenheimer Landstrasse. Ludwig had previously worked as an accountant at the Flinsch type foundry for ten years. After Ludwig Mayer joined as a partner in 1883, the company traded as Ludwig & Mayer. In 1911 the company moved to Hanauer Landstrasse 187/189. The factory was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in the post-war years. In the 1950s, the company was again one of the leading font manufacturers in Germany and cooperated with the Italian manufacturer Simoncini. Well-known font designers who worked for Ludwig & Mayer were, among others. Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Jakob Erbar, Karlgeorg Hoefer, Walter Höhnisch and Ilse Schüle.
    The company was closed in 1984/85. The font manufacturer Neufville in Barcelona took over the rights to the popular fonts.

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