Karlgeorg Hoefer
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Karlgeorg Hoefer (February 6, 1914 in Schlesisch-Drehnow, now Drzonow – October 8, 2000 in Offenbach) was a German calligrapher and typographer. He taught typography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach (until 1970 Werkkunstschule). He held several calligraphy workshops for calligraphic societies in Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA. Portland, OR, Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Portland, ME, and Washington, DC. In 1987 he founded the Schreibwerkstatt-Klingspor Offenbach and supported the Klingspor-Museum in Offenbach am Main.
He designed fonts for Linotype, Klingspor, and Ludwig & Mayer.
Today his most commonly seen font is the FE-Schrift, the standard font for German number plates.
