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Border and type ornaments
forms of metal work and gold, silver and copper
smithing, chasing and engraving. Enamelling and
bellcasting were also added to the list of his crafts.
But despite the attractions of these studies Wolpe's
main pre-occupation was with calligraphy, archi
tectural and memorial inscriptions, and the
application of his study of letter-forms to practical
problems. It is interesting to note that Koch,
the designer of Neuland, and other types, had
also gone through the same hard school of metal
work as an introduction to the graphic arts. More
interesting still to English readers is the knowledge
that Caslon himself was an engraver of gun-barrels
Wolpe's career after this rigorous training was
a record of consolidation. He was mentioned in
The Fleur on of 1928 as a metalworker. He became
an assistant master at Offenbach Art School in
1929 and a teacher of calligraphy at Frankfurt in
1930. The rest of the story you may have guessed,
for in 1933 when Hitler came into power Wolpe
was dismissed from his teaching post, and early
in 1935 was forced to leave Germany.
Since that time he has worked in England,
mainly for the Fanfare Press and the Monotype
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Between 1932 and 1935 Berthold Wolpe
designed for Ernest Ingham of the Fanfare Press
a set of typographical units which can be composed
into ornaments and borders. A selection is shown above.
They form an unusual change from floral units
and are particularly useful in advertisements
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