Karl Klauß

Karl Klauß was born in Maichingen, Germany, in 1888. He was trained as a designer in a graphic arts institution in Stuttgart, then became the house graphic artist and artistic director of Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia from 1915 to 1916 and from 1919 to 1925. He designed four typefaces, all published with the Genzsch & Heyse type foundry. He died shortly after publishing Klauß Kursiv in 1956.