Paul Renner

Paul Renner was born in Germany in 1878 and in his career worked as a graphic designer, typographer, painter, and teacher. In 1926 he was appointed director of the Printing Trade School of the city of Munich and was co-founder and director of the Master School for Germany’s Printers in Munich. Its main contribution to typographic design is Futura, which he designed during 1924 and 1927 for the company Bauersche Giesserei in Frankfurt, under Georg Hartmann’s direction. Though Paul Renner died in 1956, the copyright and trademark of Futura remain on Bauer Types, Barcelona (successor of the Bauersche Giesserei).