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Hans Reichel 1949-2011
Posted by Renko in
25 Nov 2011 — 3:56am
25 Nov 2011 — 3:56am
Fontblog.de announces sad news:
Hans Reichel, typedesigner, musician, inventor of the daxophon and creator of FF Dax, FF Daxline, FF Sari, Barmeno FF Schmalhans, FF Routes has passed away on Tuesday, November 22nd.
More (in german) at Fontblog.de
Update: Now at the FontFont-site too (english)
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29 Nov 2011 — 11:53am
I am sorry to hear of his passing. Thank you for posting the announcement.
Chris
29 Nov 2011 — 6:57pm
He created and left us great things during his lifetime. Sorry to hear about this unexpected lost.
29 Nov 2011 — 7:51pm
An example of disciplinary solitudes: before reading obituaries today, I had no idea that Hans Reichel was the inventor of the daxophone, while his Wikipedia entry discusses his musical inventions and activities, but does not (as of this morning) mention his typeface designs.