Robert Wiebking Geboren 1870 in Schwelm, gestorben am 25. Juni 1927 in Chicago. Er kommt 1881 mit seinem Vater Hermann Wiebking, einem Graveur, in die USA. 1884 Graveurlehre in Chicago. Seit 1892 selbständiger Stem- pelschneider in Chicago. Verbessert die Matrizengraviermaschine, die sein Vater bereits in Deutschland entwickelte. 1900 gründet er die Advance Type Foundry. 1914 wird sie mit der Western Type Foundry fusioniert und 1919 von Barnhart Bros. & Spindler übernommen. Schnitt Schriften für Frederic W. Goudy, Bruce Rogers und Robert H. Middleton. Goudy und Middleton lernten bei ihm das Stempelschneiden.
Advertisers Gothic 1917 Western Type Foundry www.myfonts.com
Advertisers Gothic Cond. 1917 Western Type Foundry
Advertisers Gothic Outline 1917 Western Type Foundry
Advertisers Gothic Out. Cond. 1917 Western Type Foundry
Artcraft 1911 Western Type Foundry Linotype ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Artcraft Italic 1912 Western Type Foundry Artcraft Bold 1913 Western Type Foundry Linotype zuerst Craftsman bei Advance Type Foundry
http://www.klingspor-museum.de Baron’s Boston Newsletter* 1904 Corporate Font
Bodoni Light 1923 Ludlow
Bodoni Light Italic 1923 Ludlow
Bodoni Bold 1925 Ludlow Bodoni Bold Italic Ludlow
Caslon Catalog Advance Type Foundry
Caslon Clearface 1913 Western Type Foundry
Caslon Clearface Italic 1913 Western Type Foundry
Caslon Light Italic 1922 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Centaur* 1914 Metropolitan Museum Linotype
Collier Old Style* 1919 Corporate Font
Engravers Litho Barnhart Bros.&Spindler Engravers Litho Bold Cond. 1914 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Engravers Roman 1899 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Engravers Roman Bold Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Farley 1907 Western Type Foundry später Steelplate Gothic Extra Light Extended
Forum Title* 1911 Lanston Monotype Linotype
http://www.klingspor-museum.de Goudy Modern* 1918 Village Letter Foundry Linotype Goudy Modern Italic* 1919 Village Letter Foundry Linotype
Goudy Newstyle* 1921
Goudy Open* 1918 Village Letter Foundry Goudy Open Italic* 1919 Village Letter Foundry
Hadriano Title* 1918 Lanston Monotype Linotype
Invitation Text 1914 Western Type Foundry
Kennerley Old Style* 1911 Lanston Monotype Linotype Kennerley Old Style Italic* 1918 Lanston Monotype Linotype
Klaxon* 1914 Corporate Font
Laclede Old Style** 1922 Laclede Type Foundry
Munder Venezian Italic 1926 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Munder Venezian Bold 1925 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
Munder Venezian Bold Italic 1927 Barnhart Bros.&Spindler
** von BB&S übernommen und in Munder umbenannt
Lining Gothic* 1921
Marlborough* 1925 unveröffentlicht
Modern Text 1913 Advance Type Foundry
Nabisco* 1921 Corporate Font
http://www.klingspor-museum.de Norman Capitals* 1910 Corporate Font
Pabst Old Style* 1902 American Type Founders Pabst Old Style Italic* 1903 American Type Founders
Perry Western Type Foundry Perry Italic Western Type Foundry später Steelplate Gothic
Rogers Roman 1915 Western Type Foundry später Engravers Litho Bold
Seymour*
Square Gothic 1920 Laclede Type Foundry
Steelplate Gothic Extra Light 1907 Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Light Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Bold Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Heavy Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Light Cond Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Heavy Cond Western Type Foundry Steelplate Gothic Shaded 1918 Western Type Foundry
Tiffany Script* 1902 American Type Founders
True-Cut Bodoni* 1928 Ludlow True-Cut Bodoni Italic* 1928 Ludlow
Village* 1903 Village Letter Foundry
* Diese Schriften wurden von Wiebing geschnitten nach Entwürfen anderer Typedesigner
Literatur: Consuegra, David: American Type Design & Designers, New York 2004, S. 260–261
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