Otto Eckmann painter and print-maker was born in Hamburg and studied there at the Kunstgewerbeschule and in Nurenberg and later at the Munich Academy. In 1894 he gave up painting to concentrate on applied design. He contributed graphic works to the German art periodicals, ‘Pan’ (1895) and ‘Jugend’ (1896) as well as designing book covers for various publishers in the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) style. Designed the fonts ‘Eckmann’ (1900) and ‘Fette Eckmann’ (1902) which are still in use today. He died of tuberculosis in Badenweiler in 1902.