According to the almighty Google, he was a character on the American TV show ’Gunsmoke’ which aired in the 70’s.

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Mike

The book Typography: When Who How has an entry for a Walter Schiller, born in Hamburg, 1920. Could that be your man?

And according to An A-Z of Type Designers, Walter Schiller co-authored a book with Albert Kapr: Gestalt und Funktion der Typografie (1977, 1983). Both men taught at the Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst (HGB) in Leipzig.

(By the way, no entries for an Arthur Schiller in either book, or others I consulted.)

Not quite... He had something to do with Frederic Goudy, a magazine called Printing News...

How fun is this game?!

Hey... I like a bit of detective work now and then! :-D

I have a book on Goudy that does not mention anybody named Schiller, but look at what Google turned up at the University of Delaware, in their Frederic W. Goudy Collection:

Frederic W. Goudy: A Memorial by Albert Schiller. Printed by Advertising Agencies’ Service Company, Inc., 1947. Signed by Schiller. 1 item (1 p.).

The same University has a collection titled Fridof Johnson Papers, in which it states:

The first series, a compilation of subject files created by Johnson and arranged in alphabetical order, consists of information on particular people and topics. This series represents one of the collection’s strengths, as it contains a vast amount of material on prominent graphic artists, printers, and typographers with whom Johnson worked or corresponded. Included in his archive are the names Albert Schiller, Eric Gill, John Lehman, Rudolph Ruzicka, Paul Bennett, Warren Chappell, Frederick [sic] Goudy, and Joseph Weiler.

> Frederic W. Goudy: A Memorial by Albert Schiller.

Ricardo... Exactly why I was asking: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/003828.html

Could you mean Albert Speer? The famous Nazi architect. In some dialogues Schiller could be pronounced and therefore sound a bit like Speer.

Nice find, Armin! Maybe the NYPL catalogs will have something on Albert Schiller.

And I see you’ve written about Copperplate Gothic, too... I have to catch up on my Speak Up reading.

But I digress. Google has turned up some more links, but except for “The Museum” print, they are just brief mentions in long lists:

Design & Paper magazine, the Albert Schiller issue.

transition stories, 1929 (dust jacket designed by AS).

Albert Schiller papers at Kellen Archives Center. Here it mentions that Parsons exhibited his work in 1976.

Albert Schiller: “The Museum”. This one is interesting: it’s a typographic print he presented to Nikita Khrushchev in 1959.

Albert Schiller: A Prediction: Example of Schiller Prints as Postage Stamps, and others (from Register of the Plantin Press, 1931 -1986).

...And I don’t know if this is the same man, but if you have a subscription to The New York Times’ TimesSelect you can read an obituary from July 24, 1970: ALBERT SCHILLER, GRAPHICS EXPERT; Artist Who Designed Type Pictures Is Dead at 71. (You can also purchase the article for $4.95.)

One more Google listing found:

“Beatrice Warde Street: a new work created in her honor by Albert Schiller.” In the Beatrice Warde Collection, 1919-1970.

My grandfather was a typesetter/compositor who worked with Albert Schiller at Advertising Agencies’ Service Co. Mr. Schiller used to give a new print to his co-workers every Christmas. My grandfather set many of them. They’re gorgeous. I’m dying to know how many are out there, and if there’s some we could buy somewhere. He didn’t sign them anywhere that I can see, so it may be hard to track them down. My grandfather said Mr. Schiller had a vision of art for the masses - affordable, ect. I know this conversation is a couple of months old, but if you’re still checking in, I thought you might want more information! DK

There is an article on Albert Schiller in Commercial Art of 1930. The article by Samuel Lesser is “An Americn Pioneer of Modern Typography.” It has images of Schiller’s work but little information about him.

I think it’s my grandfather as this was his medium....never saw the posted peice though...he was also an amazing poet...

an example of his work: