Günter Karl

Born 1951 He studied German studies, art history and politics at the University of Freiburg, Germany (1970-76), before becoming a publisher in Berlin (1979-96), at Brinkmann & Bose. From 1993 he became professor of typography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, and since 1998 he has been head of the school's Typography Department and Institute for Book Design