AboutX
Poem is an independent publishing initiative related to text, type and typography directed by Jérôme Knebusch and located in Frankfurt am Main. Editions – artworks, typefaces, books, pamphlets, posters – are often based on longer research and meet the highest quality standards. All are published & distributed exclusively on this website and shipped worldwide, We offer free shipping for countries belonging to the European Union.
Poem is an independent publishing initiative related to text, type and typography directed by Jérôme Knebusch and located in Frankfurt am Main. Editions – artworks, typefaces, books, pamphlets, posters – are often based on longer research and meet the highest quality standards. All are published & distributed exclusively on this website and shipped worldwide, We offer free shipping for countries belonging to the European Union.
AuthorsX
Jérôme Knebusch
Jérôme Knebusch is a Franco-German artist and designer born 1978 in Heidelberg. He has curated and taken part in exhibitions in Europe and abroad and works as independent graphic & type designer mainly for artists and cultural institutions. He teaches at École supérieure d'art de Lorraine Metz and Atelier National de Recherche Typographique Nancy. He founded and operates Poem since 2019.
Alexis Faudot & Rafael Ribas
Alexis Faudot and Rafael Ribas met in 2017 at Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy where they worked on the Gotico-Antiqua research programme. Alexis had previously finished his studies at Fine Art School Besançon and Rafael at École Estienne, Paris. Both work independently as graphic and type designers.
Étienne Pressager
Étienne Pressager is a French artist born 1958 in Épinal. He is represented by the art galleries Aline Vidal, Paris, Yves Iffrig, Strasbourg and Martagon, Malaucène. He teaches at École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Nancy and lives and works in Malzéville.
Rudolf Koch
Rudolf Koch (1876-1934) is one of the most important German artists of the early 20th century. He was the principal type designer at the Klingspor foundry in Offenbach am Main. Known for his typefaces Kabel or Neuland, Koch did not restrict himself to cutting and designing type. He was intensively teaching at the Arts and Crafts School (now HfG Offenbach) and directed a 'Werkstatt', a workshop involving many collaborators like Fritz Kredl, Berthold Wolpe and Warren Chappell.
Constantin Pfeiffer
His work and passion for type design is based on a fascination for typography that evolved during his communication design studies at Hochschule Darmstadt. Despite type design Constantin works in UX/UI design in his residence Berlin.
Sébastien Morlighem
Sébastien Morlighem is a teacher & researcher at the École supérieure d’art et de design d’Amiens (FR). A founder of the Bibliothèque typographique for Ypsilon Éditeur, he has coauthored several books & written many articles. He has also curated several conferences & exhibitions on graphic design, typography, & type design. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading (UK).
Riccardo Olocco
Riccardo Olocco is a type designer and member of CAST — Cooperativa Anonima Servizi Tipografici. Besides designing, he’s a researcher in the history of type and typography combining bibliographical knowledge with detailed analysis of letterforms. He has recently delivered a PhD thesis at the University of Reading concerning 15th-century Venetian roman types. When taking there an MA in typeface design he also fell in love with Bengali script. Prior to this he was a lecturer at the University of Bolzano. He currently lives in Bolzano, in northern Italy.
Dan Reynolds
Dan Reynolds is an American design historian based in Krefeld. Before obtaining his doctorate from the Braunschweig University of Art in 2019, he spent most of his career as a font marketer and type designer. After seven years working at Linotype in Bad Homburg, he freelanced for companies like Darden Studio, FontFont, Google Fonts, Indian Type Foundry and Typejockeys before working at LucasFonts. Dan has taught at several German design schools, in Berlin, Darmstadt and Halle.
Jérôme Knebusch
Jérôme Knebusch is a Franco-German artist and designer born 1978 in Heidelberg. He has curated and taken part in exhibitions in Europe and abroad and works as independent graphic & type designer mainly for artists and cultural institutions. He teaches at École supérieure d'art de Lorraine Metz and Atelier National de Recherche Typographique Nancy. He founded and operates Poem since 2019.
Alexis Faudot & Rafael Ribas
Alexis Faudot and Rafael Ribas met in 2017 at Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy where they worked on the Gotico-Antiqua research programme. Alexis had previously finished his studies at Fine Art School Besançon and Rafael at École Estienne, Paris. Both work independently as graphic and type designers.
Étienne Pressager
Étienne Pressager is a French artist born 1958 in Épinal. He is represented by the art galleries Aline Vidal, Paris, Yves Iffrig, Strasbourg and Martagon, Malaucène. He teaches at École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Nancy and lives and works in Malzéville.
Rudolf Koch
Rudolf Koch (1876-1934) is one of the most important German artists of the early 20th century. He was the principal type designer at the Klingspor foundry in Offenbach am Main. Known for his typefaces Kabel or Neuland, Koch did not restrict himself to cutting and designing type. He was intensively teaching at the Arts and Crafts School (now HfG Offenbach) and directed a 'Werkstatt', a workshop involving many collaborators like Fritz Kredl, Berthold Wolpe and Warren Chappell.
Constantin Pfeiffer
His work and passion for type design is based on a fascination for typography that evolved during his communication design studies at Hochschule Darmstadt. Despite type design Constantin works in UX/UI design in his residence Berlin.
Sébastien Morlighem
Sébastien Morlighem is a teacher & researcher at the École supérieure d’art et de design d’Amiens (FR). A founder of the Bibliothèque typographique for Ypsilon Éditeur, he has coauthored several books & written many articles. He has also curated several conferences & exhibitions on graphic design, typography, & type design. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading (UK).
Riccardo Olocco
Riccardo Olocco is a type designer and member of CAST — Cooperativa Anonima Servizi Tipografici. Besides designing, he’s a researcher in the history of type and typography combining bibliographical knowledge with detailed analysis of letterforms. He has recently delivered a PhD thesis at the University of Reading concerning 15th-century Venetian roman types. When taking there an MA in typeface design he also fell in love with Bengali script. Prior to this he was a lecturer at the University of Bolzano. He currently lives in Bolzano, in northern Italy.
Dan Reynolds
Dan Reynolds is an American design historian based in Krefeld. Before obtaining his doctorate from the Braunschweig University of Art in 2019, he spent most of his career as a font marketer and type designer. After seven years working at Linotype in Bad Homburg, he freelanced for companies like Darden Studio, FontFont, Google Fonts, Indian Type Foundry and Typejockeys before working at LucasFonts. Dan has taught at several German design schools, in Berlin, Darmstadt and Halle.
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All licence purchases are one-time payments for perpetual use with no recurring fees.
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We ship worldwide and offer free shipping for countries belonging to the European Union.
After you have completed your order you will recieve the confirmation and invoice by email.
You can download digital items directly after your purchase.
Physical items are sent with DHL, you will receive a message when the order leaves the office.
For precious items we provide a tracking link so that you can follow the arrival.
For shipping outside the EU, local tax may apply at your charge, contact your tax office for more information.
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Refunds are possible only for unopend and unused items.
They have to be returned undamaged within 30 days and at your charge.
All digital purchases are final and can not be refunded.
If defective and notified within 7 days, new files will be provided.
Privacy
We offer full privacy, this website does not track your visit and your personal information is kept confidential.
New clients are registered to an occasional newsletter from which you can opt-out any time.
Since our screen licences are unlimited in views/downloads you do not need to track your clients either.
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Order
You can order as guest or create an account where you can store your adress and review your orders & invoices.
Payment
You can pay with Mastercard, Visa or American Express – or take contact for a bank transfer.
Payments are HTTPS encrypted and SSL secured and no credit card information is stored on the server.
The payment gateway integrates Stripe. You can also check out with PayPal if you prefer.
All licence purchases are one-time payments for perpetual use with no recurring fees.
The prices include all applicable taxes and handling fees.
Shipping
We ship worldwide and offer free shipping for countries belonging to the European Union.
After you have completed your order you will recieve the confirmation and invoice by email.
You can download digital items directly after your purchase.
Physical items are sent with DHL, you will receive a message when the order leaves the office.
For precious items we provide a tracking link so that you can follow the arrival.
For shipping outside the EU, local tax may apply at your charge, contact your tax office for more information.
Refunds
To be eligible for refund, pelase take contact before returning within 7 days after its arrival.
Refunds are possible only for unopend and unused items.
They have to be returned undamaged within 30 days and at your charge.
All digital purchases are final and can not be refunded.
If defective and notified within 7 days, new files will be provided.
Privacy
We offer full privacy, this website does not track your visit and your personal information is kept confidential.
New clients are registered to an occasional newsletter from which you can opt-out any time.
Since our screen licences are unlimited in views/downloads you do not need to track your clients either.
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Print
The Print Licence (also called Desktop) is a non-exclusive, non-transferable per user licence.
Multi-User licence are for different users within one legal entity and on one geographical location.
It is unlimited in time and in number of edited documents (texts, images, video non-broadcast).
The files are delivered in OpenType PS format and work in Apple and Windows systems.
Embedding in PDF files must be in read-only mode.
Web
The Web licence covers an non-exclusive, non-transferable dynamic use of self-hosted font files per website.
It is unlimited in time and visitors/page views. A licence is needed for each domain, which can include sub-domains.
The Web font files are delivered in EOT, WOFF and WOFF2 (TTF) format supported by modern browers.
The font files have to be installed on your server and used via a CSS style sheet.
You have to enshure that the font files are not hot-linked, and garanty a relative protection against illegal download.
App/eBook
The App/eBook licence is an non-exclusive, non-transferable per-title licence, unlimited in time and downloads.
It covers the embedding of the fonts for read-only purposes in either one eBook or interactive PDF or game or software or app.
The files are delivered in OpenType TTF format and work in multiple operating desktop and mobile systems.
The fonts may not be embedded directly in standalone electronic devices or any hardware.
Other licences
Seperate licences are needed and available upon request to install the font files on a server, an electronic device or any other hardware, the use in movie titles, TV broadcasting and for a product or identity of a corporation getting significant value (brands, logos).
Trials
You can test the fonts on this website, and find detailled information in the downloadable PDF specimen.
We offer trial fonts (limited character set, no features) for testing only purposes on demand.
Educational
Please contact us (students, schools) with a valid ID card to benefit of a 30% discount.
Fonts are fully functional and licences continue to be valid after the studies.
Upgrades
Discounts apply by a growing number of users or different fonts within a font family (packs).
You can upgrade at any moment paying only the difference of the respective prices (take contact).
Restrictions
It is strictly forbidden to convert, transform, adapt, modify, transfert, distribute or resell the font files in any way.
Each licence is nominative and must be purchased directly by the respective user.
EULA
The Print Licence (also called Desktop) is a non-exclusive, non-transferable per user licence.
Multi-User licence are for different users within one legal entity and on one geographical location.
It is unlimited in time and in number of edited documents (texts, images, video non-broadcast).
The files are delivered in OpenType PS format and work in Apple and Windows systems.
Embedding in PDF files must be in read-only mode.
Web
The Web licence covers an non-exclusive, non-transferable dynamic use of self-hosted font files per website.
It is unlimited in time and visitors/page views. A licence is needed for each domain, which can include sub-domains.
The Web font files are delivered in EOT, WOFF and WOFF2 (TTF) format supported by modern browers.
The font files have to be installed on your server and used via a CSS style sheet.
You have to enshure that the font files are not hot-linked, and garanty a relative protection against illegal download.
App/eBook
The App/eBook licence is an non-exclusive, non-transferable per-title licence, unlimited in time and downloads.
It covers the embedding of the fonts for read-only purposes in either one eBook or interactive PDF or game or software or app.
The files are delivered in OpenType TTF format and work in multiple operating desktop and mobile systems.
The fonts may not be embedded directly in standalone electronic devices or any hardware.
Other licences
Seperate licences are needed and available upon request to install the font files on a server, an electronic device or any other hardware, the use in movie titles, TV broadcasting and for a product or identity of a corporation getting significant value (brands, logos).
Trials
You can test the fonts on this website, and find detailled information in the downloadable PDF specimen.
We offer trial fonts (limited character set, no features) for testing only purposes on demand.
Educational
Please contact us (students, schools) with a valid ID card to benefit of a 30% discount.
Fonts are fully functional and licences continue to be valid after the studies.
Upgrades
Discounts apply by a growing number of users or different fonts within a font family (packs).
You can upgrade at any moment paying only the difference of the respective prices (take contact).
Restrictions
It is strictly forbidden to convert, transform, adapt, modify, transfert, distribute or resell the font files in any way.
Each licence is nominative and must be purchased directly by the respective user.
