Karl-Heinz Lange presented his first drafts of Rotola during a Typoart® type design competition in 1985 under the name "Boutique". A year later, Norbert du Vinage, former manager of the type design department, integrated "Boutique" in his production plan. Due the Fall of the Wall, it took about 18 years until Lange finished this font family in cooperation with Elsner+Flake. Karl-Heinz Lange was born on July 29, 1929 in Wiesenkirch in West Prussia. He was enrolled in the Humanistic Gymnasium at Elbing from 1939 to 1945 and changed to the Wernigerode High School after his family had to flee to central Germany. From 1949 to 1951, Karl-Heinz Lange studied at the Werkkunstschule Halle, where one of his teachers was Professor Post. After 1951, he continued his studies at the Hochschule for Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig with an emphasis on book design. He received his diploma in 1955 with distinction based on his design of a hot metal typeface. From 1956 to 1961, Karl-Heinz Lange worked as a lecturer for Type and Commercial Graphics at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Magdeburg. From 1961 to 1963, he taught at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, and finally as a freelance commercial designer in Magdeburg. He worked on a variety of assignments, one of which was the design of trick films. From 1969 to 1976 he took the position of Artistic Director of the Henschelverlag, Berlin; from 1976 to 1994 he was Professor of Type and Typography at the Fachschule für Werbung und Gestaltung in Berlin; and, until 2004, he taught at various institutes for advanced professional education. From 2005 to 2007 he taught at the Fachhochschule Magdeburg/Stendal. Karl-Heinz Lange was awarded the second prize at the "International Type Design Contest 1971" for a headline typeface, and, in 1984, at the XI. Biannual of Graphic Design in Brno, he won a Silver Medal for the design of his typeface family Publica. He created the telephone book typeface Minima and re-designed the Typoart Super Grotesk® (Arno Drescher, 1930) as well as the Newspaper typeface Magna® by Herbert Thannhaeuser for the use on digital typesetting systems. To the day of his death on June 29, 2010, Karl-Heinz Lange lived and worked as a type designer. Among others, he closely followed the designs of the typefaces which were developed under his guidance for Typoart®: "Publica®", "Typoart Super Grotesk®" and "Minima®" which he launched as "Publicala", "Minimala" and "Superla" in 2009. In cooperation with Elsner+Flake, he developed the Typeface family "Rotola" between 2006 and 2009 as well as the script families of the "Viabella®" series. To the end, he followed the development of his first typeface, the "Diplom Antiqua", which he also wanted to bring to market together with Elsner+Flake.

Strima is a geometric sans serif typeface that stands for minimalism and legibility. With over 1000 glyphs and extensive language support Strima offers full professional typographic features. The Strima family consists of 4 weights: light, book, medium and bold.

M Metallic Hei PRC is a graphic style Simplified Chinese typeface. Graphic font designs have strong personalities and visual impact. Graphic style Simplified Chinese fonts feature decorative elements and pronounced graphics characteristics, suitable for catching attention in display applications.

M Elite Hei PRC is a graphic style Simplified Chinese typeface. Graphic font designs have strong personalities and visual impact. Graphic style Simplified Chinese fonts feature decorative elements and pronounced graphics characteristics, suitable for catching attention in display applications.

M Metallic Hei HK is a graphic style Traditional Chinese typeface. Graphic font designs have strong personalities and visual impact. Graphic style Traditional Chinese fonts feature decorative elements and pronounced graphics characteristics, suitable for catching attention in display applications.

Florisa is a typeface inspired by the unique shape of flower petals, which are made into unique letters. Florisa can be used for displays, headlines, logos etc. Florisa comes with capital letters, numbers and some symbols, and line version

Use of a thick brush and expressive strokes make Brush Stroke a raw, bold typeface. It is suitable for headings and short paragraphs. Brush Stroke is extended, containing West European diacritics making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications.

DGS Art Deco Greek is a unique typeface breaking all boundaries available in Latin and Greek scripts. It can be used in a wide range of projects including invitations, theatre and cinematic productions, branding, logos , adverts and much more.

The original design of Egiziano Black is attributed to Vincent Figgins in 1815. As its name suggests, Egiziano Black is a typical example of an Egyptian, or slab serif typeface. Use the Egiziano Black font for posters and titling.

Kare is a custom font which is applicable for any type of graphic design - web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and logos. Inspired by the popular and unique Motter Ombra typeface designed by Othmar Motter.

Aryana is young, fresh, and has arrived just in time for the back-to-school season! The perfect typeface for labeling notebooks and putting together poster projects. This handcrafted font is a casual and fun addition to your library.

See also other font families inspired by Gans' original typefaces: Gans Tipo Adorno, Gans Lath Modern, Gans Titular Adornada, Gans Ibarra, Gans Antigua, Gans Antigua Manuscrito, Gans Fulgor, Gans Radio Lumina, Gans Carmem Adornada, Gans Italiana, and Gans Titania.

A vintage brass stencil for an individual or company named ‘Rodrigues’ was spotted in an online auction. The hand punched, condensed Roman lettering inspired the digital typeface Nameplate Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Befter Sans is a humanist typeface for display use or short texts. Use traditional combined with contemporary design to make it looks classic, but feel new. Befter has 8 weights plus matching true italics. Download the full specimen here

Wargika is a modern and classic serif font with a unique style and modern look. This typeface is perfect for an elegant & luxury logo, book or movie title design, fashion brand, magazine, clothes, lettering, quotes, and so much more.

M J Ngai HK is a graphic style Traditional Chinese typeface. Graphic font designs have strong personalities and visual impact. Graphic style Traditional Chinese fonts feature decorative elements and pronounced graphics characteristics, suitable for catching attention in display applications.

Evocativa has a perfect combination of roman bodonian inspired ornamented caps with a well crafted blackletter set, in a balanced typeface suit to use in your headings text projects and in jobs with a classit and yet antique feeling.

M Bitmap Round HK is a graphic style Traditional Chinese typeface. Graphic font designs have strong personalities and visual impact. Graphic style Traditional Chinese fonts feature decorative elements and pronounced graphics characteristics, suitable for catching attention in display applications.

Bestial is a strong, clean, all-caps ornamental typeface outlined by simple, primitive shapes. It is best suited for massive headlines, fashion editorials, album covers, logo design or any other experimental project. The complete character set has 380 glyphs.

Lordranga is a distinct and vintage styled serif font, with a unique style & modern look. This typeface is perfect for an elegant & luxury logo, book or movie title design, fashion brand, magazine, clothes, lettering, quotes, and so much more.

FP Dancer attempts to combine a constructed face with an upright script face. The goal was a type family that combines softness and friendliness with more strength. Typographica.org selected this font as one of the best typefaces for 2007.

Henceforth is a hand-drawn, all caps didone-style typeface. It is a little rough, a little uneven, but lively and elegant as well. Comes with an abundance of diacritics and, lo and behold, some end-ligatures as well.

Introducing Hello August Hello August a playfully script font make from handlettering ideas in typeface. This font includes full of Alphabetical glyphs, Numerals, and punctuation. This is so perfect for invitations, monograms, wedding, fashion, branding, label, handlettering or logotype.

Yang is a new Sans typeface that has a little bit of Ying in it. This combination makes it a very versatile font. Just give it a try and you will see. Yours working on the "Ying", Gert Wiescher

LUIZANE is a psychedelic inspired typeface. It's retro, bold, and playful. Perfect for your designs that want to have fun, and carefully crafted for all graphic design needs. LATIN EXTENDED ( Western European, Central European, South Eastern European ) Thank You

Seamize is a display typeface, with a few experimental vibes and a semi-psychedelic feel. It works perfectly for creative projects such as logo, T-shirt/apparel, badge, invitation, packaging, headline, poster, magazine, greeting card, and many other purposes.

Bhunders - a fun handwritten typeface. With this font, you can use it for book and magazine cover, social media, headline, logo, crafts, merchandise, digital products, and more. This font available in Uppercase, Lowercase, Number, Symbol and also multilingual accent.

See also other font families inspired by Gans' original typefaces: Gans Tipo Adorno, Gans Lath Modern, Gans Titular Adornada, Gans Ibarra, Gans Antigua, Gans Antigua Manuscrito, Gans Fulgor, Gans Radio Lumina, Gans Carmem Adornada, Gans Italiana, and Gans Titania.