stempel
Speech parts
1. stempel - Noun
2. Stempel - Proper noun
Meaning
Stempel (plural Stempels)
A surname from German.
stempel (plural stempels)
(mining) A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.
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He returned to Frankfurt in 1947, where the type foundry Stempel offered him a position as artistic head of their printshop.
He had tried to create a calligraphic typeface for Stempel in 1948, but hot metal composition placed too many limits on the freedom of swash characters.
It is for me too presumptious and was the invention of the sales people at Stempel."
Linguist Patrizia De Bernardo Stempel falls in the latter group, and suggests the meaning "the tall ones".
Palatino was originally created by Stempel, and became part of a family of typefaces by Zapf.
"Stempel was born July 15, 1933, in Trenton, N.J." * Gary Stills (born 1974), professional American football player.