Emil Rudolf Weiß

Emil Rudolf Weiß (or Weiss; 12 October 1875, Lahr – 7 November 1942, Meersburg) was a German painter, typographer, graphic artist and poet.

In 1904, he participated in the first exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen and provided illustrations for Der Buntscheck, a children's book by Richard Dehmel.

He also created numerous fonts, including: Weiß-Fraktur (1913), Weiß-Antiqua (1928, designed for the Bauer Type Foundry), Weiß-Gotisch (1936) und Weiß-Rundgotisch (1937).

[4] In 1933, the Nazi régime revoked his Lehramt [de] (teaching credentials) and he withdrew to his home in Baden-Baden, where he concentrated on writing.

[2] In 1936, he took part in the last annual exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund in Hamburg, which was closed by the "Reichskammer der bildenden Künste", a division of the Reichskulturkammer.

[citation needed] He died on 7 November 1942 in Meersburg, aged 67, after suffering a heart attack and was buried, at his request, in Bernau im Schwarzwald.