Ismar David
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Ismar David was a German-born Israeli-American graphic designer and typeface designer renowned for his influential book jackets and the creation of the David Hebrew typeface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ismar David canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1923487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ismar David Context triple: [Breakfast at Tiffany's, hasCoverArtist, Ismar David]
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A.
Avraham Krinitzi
Avraham Krinitzi was an Israeli politician best known as the longtime first mayor and key builder of the city of Ramat Gan.
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B.
Paul Varjak
Paul Varjak is a struggling writer and Holly Golightly’s neighbor and love interest in Truman Capote’s novella and the film adaptation "Breakfast at Tiffany’s."
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C.
Branko Lustig
Branko Lustig was a Croatian film producer and Holocaust survivor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on major historical epics such as Schindler’s List and Gladiator.
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D.
Othon Friesz
Othon Friesz was a French painter known for his bold use of color and expressive style, associated with the early 20th-century Fauvist movement.
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E.
Victor Kugler
Victor Kugler was one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ismar David Target entity description: Ismar David was a German-born Israeli-American graphic designer and typeface designer renowned for his influential book jackets and the creation of the David Hebrew typeface.
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A.
Avraham Krinitzi
Avraham Krinitzi was an Israeli politician best known as the longtime first mayor and key builder of the city of Ramat Gan.
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B.
Paul Varjak
Paul Varjak is a struggling writer and Holly Golightly’s neighbor and love interest in Truman Capote’s novella and the film adaptation "Breakfast at Tiffany’s."
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C.
Branko Lustig
Branko Lustig was a Croatian film producer and Holocaust survivor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on major historical epics such as Schindler’s List and Gladiator.
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D.
Othon Friesz
Othon Friesz was a French painter known for his bold use of color and expressive style, associated with the early 20th-century Fauvist movement.
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E.
Victor Kugler
Victor Kugler was one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli-American artist
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book designer ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ typeface designer ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
book publishing
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commercial graphic design ⓘ type foundries ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American publishing industry
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Hebrew script modernization ⓘ Israeli graphic design ⓘ |
| birthCountryAtBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Breslau, Germany
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linked to:
Breslau
Wrocław, Poland ⓘ
linked to:
Wrocław
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| citizenship |
Germany
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Israel ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| designed |
David Hebrew typeface
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David Libre typeface precursor ⓘ |
| field |
calligraphy
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graphic design ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| genre |
Hebrew type design
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book jacket design ⓘ type design ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole |
book cover designer
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type designer ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hebrew typography in the 20th century
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modern Hebrew book design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hebrew lettering and calligraphy
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design of the David Hebrew typeface ⓘ influential book jacket designs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Jerusalem
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New York City ⓘ |
| name | Ismar David ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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German ⓘ Israeli ⓘ |
| notableWork | David Hebrew typeface ⓘ |
| occupation |
book jacket designer
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calligrapher ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ type designer ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ismar David Description of subject: Ismar David was a German-born Israeli-American graphic designer and typeface designer renowned for his influential book jackets and the creation of the David Hebrew typeface.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.