Peter A. Demeter
{{short description|German bookbinder, printer and publisher (1875-1939)}}
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Peter A. Demeter was a German designer at the Weber Typefoundry.{{cite web|title= Peter A. Demeter |url= http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-39518.html |website=Luc Devroye|publisher=School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada|accessdate=31 December 2020}}
Fonts Designed
- Demeter (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry, later Typoart)Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 65. This is one of a few German faces BB&S in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.
- Demeter Schraffiert (1922, Schriftguss Type Foundry
- Dresden, decorative face, for Schriftgus A.G. Dresden, cut by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1925, 12-30ptAmerican Metal typefaces in the Twenthieth Century, Mac McGrew, 1993, 2nd edition, Oak Knoll, pag. 123
- Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry, later Typoart)Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 96.
- Holländisch (1922 - 1926, Weber Typefoundry), shaded roman capitals in regular, bold, and extended.Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 115.
- Pearl Fournier (1922, probably Schriftguss Type Foundry). In Germany this is known as Geperlte FournierJaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 174. and called Dresden when it was later published by BB&S in Chicago.
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