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<h2 id="australia">Australia</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Banham/XYGSmLTn">Stephen Banham</a></li></ul> <h2 id="brazil">Brazil</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eduardo_Recife/1KL9aozt">Eduardo Recife</a></li></ul> <h2 id="canada">Canada</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sara_Soskolne/GSG2Mwpl">Sara Soskolne</a> (Gotham with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gerald_Giampa/gU8Ef4cX">Gerald Giampa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ray_Larabie/d3hDlRUP">Ray Larabie</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Rimmer/pnHU5bs3">Jim Rimmer</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nick_Shinn/xsSCuMYt">Nick Shinn</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="czech-republic">Czech Republic</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Franti%25C5%25A1ek_%25C5%25A0torm/a6o2HDHx">František Štorm</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vojt%25C4%259Bch_Preissig/YPfvxrHP">Vojtěch Preissig</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Petr_Bla%25C5%25BEek/r5YYtBgm">Petr Blažek</a></li></ul> <h2 id="france">France</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Auriol/yXJ62XvJ">George Auriol</a> (<a href="/facts/Auriol_(typeface)/9BbpqgyL">Auriol</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michel_Bouvet/sMtrrRGI">Michel Bouvet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Braille/r4lKlvqC">Louis Braille</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adolphe_Mouron_Cassandre/M0CAlSHp">Adolphe Mouron Cassandre</a> (<a href="/facts/Peignot_(typeface)/j1qHSaJG">Peignot</a>, 1937)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Nicolas_Cochin/4tYmIfzy">Charles Nicolas Cochin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simon_de_Colines/HYVXF7xM">Simon de Colines</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Firmin_Didot/rhvII1xw">Firmin Didot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Didot/TLw7uEIg">François Didot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois-Ambroise_Didot/TLw7uEIg">François-Ambroise Didot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Henri_Didot/TLw7uEIg">Henri Didot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Didot/TLw7uEIg">Pierre Didot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Roger_Excoffon/XaQ2m8Dk">Roger Excoffon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Simon_Fournier/0BHrnpKo">Pierre Simon Fournier</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Claude_Garamond/fdxFajmC">Claude Garamond</a> (<a href="/facts/Garamond/pdJLjHUe">Garamond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Granjon/s0JPvSdV">Robert Granjon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hector_Guimard/c4VfFGSQ">Hector Guimard</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nicolas_Jenson/K6m31AY7">Nicolas Jenson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Christophe_Plantin/pBLS84lK">Christophe Plantin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean-Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Porchez/YHIVvawz">Jean-François Porchez</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Sabon/2mAvPBtr">Jacques Sabon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wynkyn_de_Worde/xsh9Tt3c">Wynkyn de Worde</a></li></ul> <h2 id="germany">Germany</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Otto_Arpke/oHBem5IE">Otto Arpke</a> (<a href="/facts/Taiko_(typeface)/oHBem5IE">Taiko</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Christian_Bauer/tPzvrmRo">Johann Christian Bauer</a> (<a href="/facts/Fette_Fraktur/qN1wjpMC">Fette Fraktur</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Konrad_Friedrich_Bauer/tdAxYdBU">Konrad Friedrich Bauer</a> (Fortune)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walter_Baum/57hkoHh2">Walter Baum</a> (Fortune)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucian_Bernhard/yk1nxp79">Lucian Bernhard</a> (<a href="/facts/Bernhard_Gothic/e465ApXR">Bernhard Gothic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Behrens/KBsIcIJa">Peter Behrens</a> (Bahrens-Schrift)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georg_Belwe/8mmSEfza">Georg Belwe</a> (Belwe Roman)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jakob_Erbar/DRSEf5kR">Jakob Erbar</a> (<a href="/facts/Erbar_(typeface)/P8pryYGD">Erbar</a>, Candida, Feder Grotesk, Koloss)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Gutenberg/HkQISRmx">Johann Gutenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Karlgeorg_Hoefer/HDmpIFN7">Karlgeorg Hoefer</a> (Elegance, Permanent)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Heinrich_Jost/LxRqM2s6">Heinrich Jost</a> (Bauer Bodoni, Beton)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rudolf_Koch/Emh8oD6t">Rudolf Koch</a> (Kabel, Neuland, Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Renner/eMEduVHC">Paul Renner</a> (<a href="/facts/Futura_(typeface)/nd5bnyHS">Futura</a>, 1927)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Erik_Spiekermann/hDdTFNIC">Erik Spiekermann</a> (<a href="/facts/FF_Meta/PABfBUqa">FF Meta</a>, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit and others)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_Tschichold/q0r1yyFP">Jan Tschichold</a> (Sabon)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carlos_Winkow/pBu9kUBT">Carlos Winkow</a> designer for the <a href="/facts/Nacional_Typefoundry/948E5D6h">Nacional Typefoundry</a> of Madrid</li> <li><a href="/facts/Berthold_Wolpe/Q2KyTkmf">Berthold Wolpe</a> (Albertus)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gudrun_Zapf_von_Hesse/kWhGwWJ1">Gudrun Zapf von Hesse</a> (<a href="/facts/Diotima_(typeface)/zSURUcQw">Diotima</a>, <a href="/facts/Alcuin/w7IbYBoX">Alcuin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hermann_Zapf/zF4eQ7op">Hermann Zapf</a> (<a href="/facts/Palatino/ymqE5ulo">Palatino</a>, <a href="/facts/Optima/q1tleGzg">Optima</a>, <a href="/facts/Zapf_Chancery/M64rhEmr">Zapf Chancery</a>, <a href="/facts/Zapf_Dingbats/0Pw8eP1f">Zapf Dingbats</a>, <a href="/facts/Zapfino/1dlDkPIl">Zapfino</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="israel">Israel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Henri_Friedlaender/h0lkYDCz">Henri Friedlaender</a> (Hadassah, Shalom, Hadar, Aviv)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eliyahu_Koren/x19Yu2GT">Eliyahu Koren</a> (<a href="/facts/Koren_Type/0njT8FDv">Koren</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="italy">Italy</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Raffaello_Bertieri/EUYyz30N">Raffaello Bertieri</a> (Inkunabula, Paganini)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Giambattista_Bodoni/5qLVUTlS">Giambattista Bodoni</a> (<a href="/facts/Bodoni/0QcSSDoX">Bodoni</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alessandro_Butti/JAvIP9xu">Alessandro Butti</a> (<a href="/facts/Microgramma_(typeface)/CrxtJDa2">Microgramma</a>, Rondine)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francesco_Griffo/rmgqr9Kk">Francesco Griffo</a> (Bembo, Poliphilus)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aldus_Manutius/3N9tgTgC">Aldus Manutius</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Aldo_Novarese/NnXXh8uG">Aldo Novarese</a> (Novarese, Eurostile, Fenice, Recta, Microgramma, Stop, Expert, Magister, Garaldus, Normandia, Recta, Estro, ...)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amoretti_Brothers/c4bxTllw">Amoretti Brothers</a> (Amoretti)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fabrizio_Schiavi/CAgccmT4">Fabrizio Schiavi</a> (<a href="/facts/PragmataPro/YF50r1NA">PragmataPro</a>, Sys, Abitare Sans, Siruca…)</li></ul> <h2 id="netherlands">Netherlands</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Evert_Bloemsma/NrknUwF1">Evert Bloemsma</a> (FF Balance, FF Cocon, FF Avance, FF Legato)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jos_Buivenga/Ua3xIrb5">Jos Buivenga</a> (Anivers, Calluna, Delicious, Diavlo, Fontin, Fertigo, Museo, Questa)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wim_Crouwel/6bK7vz8n">Wim Crouwel</a> (Catalogue, <a href="/facts/Fodor_(typeface)/lJ8L8cuD">Fodor</a>, <a href="/facts/Gridnik_(typeface)/pLnP5foW">Gridnik</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Alphabet_(typeface)/q1UuFpvR">New Alphabet</a>, Stedelijk)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bram_de_Does/PmpMHoMm">Bram de Does</a> (<a href="/facts/Trinit%25C3%25A9_(typeface)/v4fWSw8H">TEFF Trinité</a>, <a href="/facts/Lexicon_(typeface)/NEz5Pxuc">TEFF Lexicon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dick_Dooijes/88PsEcSp">Dick Dooijes</a> (<a href="/facts/Nobel_(typeface)/8uvrzG5y">Nobel</a>, Contura, Lectura, Rondo, Mercator)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucas_de_Groot/dxzD45zK">Lucas de Groot</a> (<a href="/facts/Thesis_fonts/phfqzHIG">Thesis</a>, TheAntiqua, Corpid, <a href="/facts/Calibri/M0Qtz9x8">Calibri</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Boudewijn_Ietswaart/MCyQ17Cs">Boudewijn Ietswaart</a> (Balduina)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_van_Krimpen/eBrj01S7">Jan van Krimpen</a> (Spectrum, Romanée, Romulus, Haarlemmer, Lutetia, Cancellaresca Bastarda)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_Majoor/nkLUM2BT">Martin Majoor</a> (<a href="/facts/FF_Scala/Sm5oWVoh">FF Scala</a>, <a href="/facts/FF_Scala_Sans/drcspb4v">FF Scala Sans</a>, Telefont, FF Seria, FF Seria Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Mix)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gerrit_Noordzij/EjkbXSSy">Gerrit Noordzij</a> (TEFF Burgundica, TEFF Ruse)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert-Jan_Pool/KArJ9kGe">Albert-Jan Pool</a> (<a href="/facts/FF_DIN/PP1jNhuL">FF DIN</a>, URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)</li> <li><a href="/facts/S.H._de_Roos/KETd8EmR">S.H. de Roos</a> (aka <a href="/facts/Sjoerd_de_Roos/KETd8EmR">Sjoerd de Roos</a> (Hollandsche Mediæval, Grotius, Egmont, Libria, De Roos, Zilvertype)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fred_Smeijers/yYMtC4kP">Fred Smeijers</a> (OurType, Arnhem, Fresco, Sansa, DTL Nobel, TEFF Renard, FF Quadraat)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gerard_Unger/Xn6ShNnk">Gerard Unger</a> (Allianz, Amerigo, ANWB fonts, DTL Argo, Big Vesta, Capitoleum, Capitoleum News, Coranto, Decoder, Delftse Poort, Demos, Flora, Gulliver, Hollander, Markeur, M.O.L., Oranda, DTL Paradox, Praxis, Swift, Swift 2.0, Vesta)</li></ul> <h2 id="new-zealand">New Zealand</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Churchward/4Wuzr7ql">Joseph Churchward</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kris_Sowersby/EuQSNmR5">Kris Sowersby</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jack_Yan/dLCBfVKl">Jack Yan</a></li></ul> <h2 id="portugal">Portugal</h2> <ul><li>João Miranda (BIG, Calma, Adfuel, Phuc)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Manuel_Pereira_da_Silva/RxYSlheM">Manuel Pereira da Silva</a> (MPS Rotunda) (deceased)</li> <li>Nuno Dias (Meteoric)</li> <li>Rafael Serra</li> <li>Rúben Dias (Taca)</li> <li>Rui Abreu (R-Typography Flecha, Gliko, Staff, Pathos, Sul, Grifo (Grifito & Grifinito), Gira, Usual, Azo, Signo, Aria, Orbe; TDL Aquino with Ricardo Santos)</li></ul> <h2 id="russia">Russia</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Solomon_Telingater/MPKR3H0u">Solomon Telingater</a> (1903–1969)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexandra_Korolkova/oMd0J8Jc">Alexandra Korolkova</a> (<a href="/facts/PT_Fonts/j6Wtz4vB">PT Fonts</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="serbia">Serbia</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hieromonk_Makarije/IYvdHueT">Hieromonk Makarije</a></li></ul> <h2 id="slovakia">Slovakia</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zuzana_Licko/yrWeLwF1">Zuzana Licko</a> (<a href="/facts/Mrs_Eaves/1B0nmuaS">Mrs Eaves</a>, <a href="/facts/Filosofia/6SdVlRUw">Filosofia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Bi%25C4%25BEak/RBplhVfB">Peter Biľak</a> (Eureka, Fedra, Greta, History, Irma, Julien, Karloff, Lava)</li></ul> <h2 id="south-africa">South Africa</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Margaret_Calvert/zC1YztJ6">Margaret Calvert</a> (Transport)</li></ul> <h2 id="spain">Spain</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eudald_Pradell/UtlN2b3U">Eudald Pradell</a>, punchcutter.</li></ul> <h2 id="sweden">Sweden</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Akke_Kumlien/XG4tCUth">Akke Kumlien</a> (Kumlien Medieval)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karl-Erik_Forsberg/Nbg5807J">Karl-Erik Forsberg</a> (<a href="/facts/Berling_(typeface)/Nbg5807J">Berling</a>, Lunda, Carolus, Ericus, Gustavus, Polhem, Carolina Script, Aros Antiqua, and more)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bo_Berndal/0pTpoy2z">Bo Berndal</a> (Sispos and Sisneg. Old Swedish standard (SIS 030011, 1973) for public road signs, displays, etc.)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Franko_Luin/2s5Gr5on">Franko Luin</a></li></ul> <h2 id="switzerland">Switzerland</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Max_Bill/7XgCt4xx">Max Bill</a> (Bill)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adrian_Frutiger/T9349q8q">Adrian Frutiger</a> (1928–2015, <a href="/facts/Avenir_(typeface)/h0fK052P">Avenir</a>, <a href="/facts/Frutiger_(typeface)/4IsG1hrt">Frutiger</a>, <a href="/facts/Univers/bwoqPaq3">Univers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karl_Gerstner/R95m0udw">Karl Gerstner</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Max_Miedinger/r82ukx8a">Max Miedinger</a> (<a href="/facts/Helvetica/w9c4wxQk">Helvetica</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="syria">Syria</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mamoun_Sakkal/MK8sAUyW">Mamoun Sakkal</a> (Shilia, Hasan Al Quds, Al-Futtaim)</li></ul> <h2 id="thailand">Thailand</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Thai_typography/92PLsPmR">Thai typography § People</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anuthin_Wongsunkakon/ma9A1qRJ">Anuthin Wongsunkakon</a></li></ul> <h2 id="united-kingdom">United Kingdom</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Charles_Robert_Ashbee/xyoU6mEN">Charles Robert Ashbee</a> (Endevour, Prayer Book)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Austin_(punchcutter)/Rfd68sd0">Richard Austin</a> (<a href="/facts/Bell_(Monotype)/1RDP9q4I">Bel</a>, <a href="/facts/Porson_(typeface)/CdTmFD8w">Porson</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Barnes_(designer)/HxHsyCdr">Paul Barnes</a> (Guardian Egyptian, with Christian Schwartz, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Barnbrook/lDkGfMqn">Jonathan Barnbrook</a> (Mason, Exocet, 1996 released through Emigre fonts, Nylon, Prototype, Bastarda)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Baskerville/DUoANzYH">John Baskerville</a> (<a href="/facts/Baskerville/RuI5ovv6">Baskerville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Besley/mY66CAFC">Robert Besley</a> (<a href="/facts/Clarendon_(typeface)/Pe20hJ9Q">Clarendon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Neville_Brody/yqw1t5QA">Neville Brody</a> (Arcadia, 1986, Blur, Auto-Suggestion))</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthew_Carter/KHBkBP9n">Matthew Carter</a> (Snell Roundhand, 1965; Shelley Script, 1972; Galliard, 1978; <a href="/facts/Skia_(typeface)/MpN1eLjE">Skia</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgia_(font)/VKSzUs1M">Georgia</a>, Mantinia, all 1993; <a href="/facts/Verdana/bo5vAeby">Verdana</a>, 1996; <a href="/facts/Tahoma_(typeface)/U2RaBUct">Tahoma</a>, 1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Caslon/4sw949Kc">William Caslon</a> (<a href="/facts/Caslon/PzJgaaI6">Caslon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roy_Cole/m7Ucv8hM">Roy Cole</a> (Lina, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eric_Gill/E53WeefS">Eric Gill</a> (<a href="/facts/Gill_Sans/PQxMS8Jr">Gill Sans</a>, Perpetua, both 1928; Joanna, 1937)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phill_Grimshaw/jmXbcwEe">Phill Grimshaw</a> (over 44 typefaces including Oberon, Hazel, <a href="/facts/Gravura/7FbmrSHe">Gravura</a>, Obelisk, Klepto)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Harling_(typographer)/7zjXMa9g">Robert Harling</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rian_Hughes/zgryp2CK">Rian Hughes</a> (Blackcurrant, Custard and numerous others released through Device)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_Johnston/tVvFN8QR">Edward Johnston</a> (<a href="/facts/Johnston_(typeface)/fDdk8nek">Johnston</a>, 1916)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seb_Lester/NCEqLeXY">Seb Lester</a> (Scene, Soho, Neo Sans and Neo Tech)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruno_Maag/FVnPMzgK">Bruno Maag</a> (Tesco, Tottenham Hotspur, Telewest, Urban Splash, BT, BMW, Vodafone, <a href="/facts/Nokia_Pure/xlgYBkR5">Nokia Pure</a>) <a href="/facts/Dalton_Maag/Tr4h7wVD">Dalton Maag</a> Type Design</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stanley_Morison/NnsmtE6P">Stanley Morison</a> (<a href="/facts/Times_New_Roman/8hrJ2Hb2">Times New Roman</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fiona_Ross_(type_designer)/2paIUuah">Fiona Ross</a> (Adobe Devanagari, Linotype Devanagari, Adobe Thai)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeremy_Tankard/NtkANRsr">Jeremy Tankard</a> (<a href="/facts/Bliss_(typeface)/oLp3KKgd">Bliss</a>, <a href="/facts/Corbel_(typeface)/RuLda0xl">Corbel</a>, <a href="/facts/Adobe_Originals/lyoBUPSl">Blue Island</a>, Disturbance, Enigma, Aspect)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walter_Tracy/F6w0hNx9">Walter Tracy</a> (Jubilee, Adsans, Telegraph Modern, 1969 Times Europa, 1972)</li></ul> <h2 id="united-states">United States</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ed_Benguiat/eKjqsxtn">Ed Benguiat</a> (over 600 typefaces including <a href="/facts/Bookman_(typeface)/0Da7tdXx">Bookman</a>, and <a href="/facts/ITC_Benguiat/Qx7m8YFy">ITC Benguiat</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Linn_Boyd_Benton/0NUXFgtA">Linn Boyd Benton</a> (Century)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Morris_Fuller_Benton/kDWQAJuh">Morris Fuller Benton</a> (America's most prolific type designer, having completed 221 total typefaces, including: <a href="/facts/Franklin_Gothic/QxTbpKg3">Franklin Gothic</a>, <a href="/facts/Century_Schoolbook/IkWDnWdJ">Century Schoolbook</a>, <a href="/facts/News_Gothic/SGDRFgNJ">News Gothic</a>, Bank Gothic)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucian_Bernhard/yk1nxp79">Lucian Bernhard</a> (<a href="/facts/Bernhard_Gothic/e465ApXR">Bernhard Gothic</a>, <a href="/facts/Bernhard_Modern/UoS9nQhn">Bernhard Modern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Bigelow_(type_designer)/Nr1WYV6p">Charles Bigelow</a> and <a href="/facts/Kris_Holmes/slH0raeC">Kris Holmes</a>, partners in design (<a href="/facts/Lucida/zRutpzLA">Lucida</a> family)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Blumenthal_(printer)/zc7Fs8TA">Joseph Blumenthal</a>, (Spiral, Emerson)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_H._Bradley/S26I4FmQ">William H. Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jackson_Burke/lsWmGzQ8">Jackson Burke</a> (Trade Gothic, 1948)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leslie_Cabarga/5mp514E5">Leslie Cabarga</a> (Magneto,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Bad Typ, Casey, Streamline, Raceway)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Warren_Chappell/H9xpY7N6">Warren Chappell</a> (<a href="/facts/Lydian_(typeface)/xG1g9dHt">Lydian series</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Maitland_Cleland/7ooFDu4s">Thomas Maitland Cleland</a> (<a href="/facts/Della_Robbia_(typeface)/p6rL7n9d">Della Robbia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vincent_Connare/Yq2e6aWs">Vincent Connare</a> (Comic Sans, Trebuchet, Magpie)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oswald_Bruce_Cooper/YrPdJmL8">Oswald Bruce 'Oz' Cooper</a> (<a href="/facts/Cooper_Black/pnIJqaD8">Cooper Black</a>, 1921)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rick_Cusick/w2FWAw4d">Rick Cusick</a> (Nyx)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joshua_Darden/DBXoYhNU">Joshua Darden</a> (Freight, Omnes)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chank_Diesel/7JgNzIHB">Chank Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lawrence_O%2527Donnell/s9Imu5cB">Lawrence O'Donnell</a> (Seglimint, 2006)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Doret/qYl0uu6E">Michael Doret</a> (Metroscript, Deliscript, DeLuxe Gothic, Orion MD, PowerStation)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Addison_Dwiggins/s04M9yVX">William Addison Dwiggins</a> (36 completed typefaces including Electra, <a href="/facts/Caledonia_(typeface)/77YY83Qa">Caledonia</a>, Metro)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Fili/Hlgz2135">Louise Fili</a> (Mardell, Montecatini)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tobias_Frere-Jones/sCHHAMaz">Tobias Frere-Jones</a> (Interstate, Gotham, Reactor, Mallory, Retina)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sidney_Gaunt/7Spycy7D">Sidney Gaunt</a> (46 typefaces including Adstyle, Pencraft)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_S._Gillies/zmWG9KRg">William S. Gillies</a> (Gillies Light, Gillies Bold)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zuzana_Licko/yrWeLwF1">Zuzana Licko</a> (Filosofia, Triplex, Mrs Eaves etc.)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bertram_Goodhue/5Kz6C4dX">Bertram Goodhue</a> (<a href="/facts/Cheltenham_(typeface)/R1skGtLm">Cheltenham</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederic_Goudy/gftNwRrv">Frederic Goudy</a> (90 completed typefaces including: <a href="/facts/Copperplate_Gothic/n6D3o60c">Copperplate</a>, 1905; <a href="/facts/Goudy_Old_Style/dCT3bD2I">Goudy Old Style</a>, 1915; Berkeley Oldstyle, 1938)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chauncey_H._Griffith/eY5NERJW">Chauncey H. Griffith</a> (34 typefaces including <a href="/facts/Bell_Gothic/3PHlsBlG">Bell Gothic</a>, 1937; Poster Bodoni, 1938)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Victor_Hammer/EVACHd3C">Victor Hammer</a> (American Uncial)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sol_Hess/UsKjCk5s">Sol Hess</a> (house designer for <a href="/facts/Lanston_Monotype_Company/ux6uppQh">Lanston Monotype Company</a> where he completed 85 typefaces)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Hische/XyCIvXYY">Jessica Hische</a> (Tilda)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Hoefler/XKGpuWta">Jonathan Hoefler</a> (Knockout, Gotham, Sentinel, Mercury, Chronicle, Archer, Verlag, Forza, Hoefler Text, Hoefler Titling, Ideal Sans)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kris_Holmes/slH0raeC">Kris Holmes</a> (<a href="/facts/Lucida/zRutpzLA">Lucida</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dard_Hunter/3nLXl1xz">Dard Hunter</a> (private faces for his Mountain House Press)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Kare/dvHDoH7I">Susan Kare</a> (original <a href="/facts/Apple_Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Apple Macintosh</a> typeface, 1984)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Kegler/lLSd8Spa">Richard Kegler</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_Knuth/GozNzDM6">Donald Knuth</a> (Computer Modern)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raph_Levien/p5w2l35u">Raph Levien</a> (Inconsolata, Museum, Century Catalogue)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harold_Lohner/aj5yNskP">Harold Lohner</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Herb_Lubalin/jzbTdzwF">Herb Lubalin</a> (<a href="/facts/ITC_Avant_Garde/6WIvUAjY">ITC Avant Garde</a>, Lubalin Graph)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Douglas_Crawford_McMurtrie/9DYT30qD">Douglas Crawford McMurtrie</a> (Ultra-Modern Roman)</li> <li><a href="/facts/R._Hunter_Middleton/PGe5AeHB">R. Hunter Middleton</a> (99 typefaces including: Stellar, <a href="/facts/Coronet_(typeface)/j16cRJau">Coronet</a>, <a href="/facts/Stencil_(typeface)/W189eCqk">Stencil</a>, <a href="/facts/Delphian_(typeface)/QdJmnk83">Delphian</a>, <a href="/facts/Umbra_(typeface)/aDHv3Gv6">Umbra</a> )</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Montalbano/CxTplN2M">James Montalbano</a> (Clearview)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Berne_Nadall/qqzrMNoq">Berne Nadall</a> (1869–1932), <a href="/facts/Caslon_Antique/0H4Y4hBu">Caslon Antique</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Dana_Orcutt/KodSE3vD">William Dana Orcutt</a> (Humanistic)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wadsworth_A._Parker/Y1fjw1Vm">Wadsworth A. Parker</a> (Lexington, Gallia)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Parkinson/1vWgaqTq">Jim Parkinson</a> (<a href="/facts/ITC_Bodoni/0QcSSDoX">ITC Bodoni</a> [with Janice Prescott Fishman, Holly Goldsmith, and <a href="/facts/Sumner_Stone/N8SgBsKQ">Sumner Stone</a>], Jimbo, Sutro)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_W._Phinney/AQGaH2v4">Joseph W. Phinney</a> (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))</li> <li><a href="/facts/Will_Ransom/5mV0SAFR">Will Ransom</a> (Parsons)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruce_Rogers_(typographer)/aTBGNcMl">Bruce Rogers</a> (Centaur)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rudolph_Ruzicka/AJoEkocR">Rudolph Ruzicka</a> (Fairfield)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christian_Schwartz/FQKE271C">Christian Schwartz</a> (<a href="/facts/Neutraface/PW49F9WR">Neutraface</a>, Neue Haas Grotesk, Amplitude, Guardian Egyptian)</li> <li>Tré Seals (VTC Martin, Bayard, Carrie)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ralph_Fletcher_Seymour/XwXSVU7Q">Ralph Fletcher Seymour</a> (private typefaces for his Alderbrink Press)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Simonson/nLBagjEz">Mark Simonson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Slimbach/qRzHydoz">Robert Slimbach</a> (Minion, Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Garamond Premier)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sumner_Stone/N8SgBsKQ">Sumner Stone</a> (Stone Sans, Stone Serif, Stone Informal, Stone Print, Cycles)</li> <li>Ilene Strizver</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tommy_Thompson_(type_designer)/SDp21BTC">Tommy Thompson</a> (titling series for <a href="/facts/Saturday_Evening_Post/pzq344AB">Saturday Evening Post</a> and <a href="/facts/Collier%2527s_Weekly/l7nyQk3W">Colliers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carol_Twombly/mC1XlclG">Carol Twombly</a> (Lithos, Myriad (co-designer), Trajan, Charlemagne, Nueva, Adobe Caslon)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederic_Warde/Uh5EtYue">Frederic Warde</a> (<a href="/facts/Centaur_(typeface)/eKRltrpm">Arrighi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Wiebking/m3NoTjL2">Robert Wiebking</a> (31 typefaces as a designer, including: Artcraft, Munder, Advertisers Gothic. Many more as a punch-cutter.)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Doyald_Young/RVHQMoRF">Doyald Young</a> (Young Baroque, Eclat)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ross_Frederic_George/LlDzYByM">Ross F. George</a> (Sign Painter and type designer)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.typophile.com/wiki/designers">Typophile: Type Designers list</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061216084433/http://typophile.com/wiki/Designers">Archived</a> 2006-12-16 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.klingspor-museum.de/Kuenstler.html">Klingspor museum digital archive of type designers and type artists</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.linotype.com/29/fontdesigners.html">Linotype: Font Designers</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Typodermic Fonts Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. <a href="http://www.typodermicfonts.com" target="_blank">http://www.typodermicfonts.com</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Welcome to Canada Type!". Canadatype.net. Retrieved 2017-01-04. <a href="http://www.canadatype.net" target="_blank">http://www.canadatype.net</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Shinntype Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. <a href="http://www.shinntype.com" target="_blank">http://www.shinntype.com</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-23871.html <a href="https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-23871.html" target="_blank">https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-23871.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. January 3, 2017. 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