Ole Schäfer of Germany

Born: Gütersloh, 1970

Ole Schäfer studied graphic design at the Fachhochschule Bielefield under Gerd Fleischmann.

From 1995–99 he worked at MetaDesign as type designer/type director and typographer for Audi, Volkswagen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Düsseldorf Airport, Sächsische Zeitung, Berlin’s public transport company BVG and others. His typeface for the festival of architecture City of Glasgow made him known outside Germany. He was also involved in the extension of the FontFont bestsellers FF Meta and FF Info as well as in the work on the new weights of ITC Officina.

From 1999 to 2004 he worked as an independent type designer and as a teacher of type design and typography in Berlin.

The year 2002 sees the launch of his own type foundry, Primetype with new typefaces by himself and other designers.

Fonts by Ole Schäfer

PTL Adigo, FF Cst Berlin, FF Dotty, PTL Fabrik, FF Fago, FF Fago Condensed, FF Fago Extended, FF Fago Monospace, FF Fago Office Sans, FF Fago Office Serif, PTL Golary Red, FF Govan, FF Info Correspondance Pro, FF Info Text, FF Info Text Pro, PTL Manual Extra, PTL Manual Extra Mono, PTL Manual Mono, PTL Manual Office, PTL Manual Round, PTL Manual Sans, PTL Manual Semi, PTL Manual Slab, PTL Minimala, PTL Notes, PTL Notes Soft, PTL Notes Style, PTL Notes Tec Mono, ITC Officina Sans, ITC Officina Sans, ITC Officina Serif, PTL Publicala, PTL Qugard Sans, PTL Qugard Slab, PTL Scetbo, FF Scribble, PTL Speech, PTL Superla, FF Turmino, PTL Zatro, FF Zine Sans, FF Zine Serif, FF Zine Slab, PTL Zupra Sans

Browse all fonts by Ole Schäfer

Activities

  Type Design
  Typography
  Teaching

Related Links

 • Linotype Library Designers: Ole Schäfer
 • PrimeType

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