教育者としてのペーター・ベーレンス(5) : デュッセルドルフ工芸学校に於ける文字教育と教育者の為の文字講習会について

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Peter Behrens started as a character designer who designed the Fraktur in the Jugend-style in Germany in 1898. He was one of the leaders of the character reformation group and introduced the text font that prioritized easy reading in 1902. Since He was convinced that characters played an important element in education, by the next semester after he was appointed as the head of The School of Arts & Crafts in Duesseldorf, he introduced a supplementary subject on Characters and Printing. In the following year he set up a printing and lithograph workshop. He incorporated character education of the stimulating teaching methods taught in Vienna and London, also in 1905 started a Character Seminar for Educators.