About: Ira Schnapp

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Ira Schnapp (October 10, 1894 – July 24, 1969) was a logo designer and letterer who brought his classic and art deco design styles to DC Comics (then National Comics) beginning with the redesign of the Superman logo in 1940. He did a great deal of logo and lettering work for the company in the 1940s. Around 1949, he joined the staff as their in-house logo, cover lettering and house-ad designer and letterer, and continued in that role until about 1967.

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  • Ira Schnapp (October 10, 1894 – July 24, 1969) was a logo designer and letterer who brought his classic and art deco design styles to DC Comics (then National Comics) beginning with the redesign of the Superman logo in 1940. He did a great deal of logo and lettering work for the company in the 1940s. Around 1949, he joined the staff as their in-house logo, cover lettering and house-ad designer and letterer, and continued in that role until about 1967. (en)
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  • Letterer, Designer (en)
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  • 1894-10-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Israel Schnapp (en)
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  • Sassow, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire (en)
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  • Schnapp in 1955, at his desk in the National Comics offices (en)
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  • 1969-07-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Naturalized American citizen (en)
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  • Superman logo redesign , DC Comics house style in logos, cover lettering and in-house advertising (en)
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  • Ira Schnapp (October 10, 1894 – July 24, 1969) was a logo designer and letterer who brought his classic and art deco design styles to DC Comics (then National Comics) beginning with the redesign of the Superman logo in 1940. He did a great deal of logo and lettering work for the company in the 1940s. Around 1949, he joined the staff as their in-house logo, cover lettering and house-ad designer and letterer, and continued in that role until about 1967. (en)
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  • Ira Schnapp (en)
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