Walter Baum
Walter Baum was a German type designer, graphic artist and teacher. Baum trained as a typesetter from 1935 to 1939. He resumed his studies after World War II before becoming head of the graphics studio at the Bauer Type Foundry in 1948. There, he collaborated with Konrad Friedrich Bauer in designing many typefaces, including Fortune, the first Clarendon typeface with a matching italic. From 1972 to 1986 he was director of the Kunstschule Westend in Frankfurt am Main.
Fonts Designed by Walter Baum
All faces were designed in collaboration with Konrad Friedrich Bauer.Alpha Beta, an alternate set of lower-case letters for Alpha.Folio, also sold as Caravelle by Founderie Typographique Francaise.Imprimatur also sold as Horizon by Founderie Typographique FrancaiseFortune or Volta- '''Impressum'''