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A '''type designer''' (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a ''typographer''), is a person who designs [[typeface]]s. A partial list of type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface (or two for significant designers).
A '''type designer''' is a person who [[type design|designs typefaces]]. (The term "typographer" is sometimes misapplied to type designers: a typographer is a person who arranges existing typefaces to lay out a page{{snd}}see [[typography]])

A partial list of notable type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface (or two for significant designers).
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==Australia==
==Australia==
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==Canada==
==Canada==
* [[Sara Soskolne]] (Gotham with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones)
* [[Gerald Giampa]]
* [[Gerald Giampa]]
* [[Ray Larabie]]<ref name=typodermic>{{cite web|url=http://www.typodermicfonts.com|title=Typodermic Fonts Homepage|website=Typodermicfonts.com|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Ray Larabie]]<ref name=typodermic>{{cite web|url=http://www.typodermicfonts.com|title=Typodermic Fonts Homepage|website=Typodermicfonts.com|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
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== Czech Republic ==
== Czech Republic ==
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* David Březina (Skolar)
* Oldřich Menhart ([[Ceska Unciala]])
* [[František Štorm]]
* [[František Štorm]]
* Jan Rambousek ([[Brno Z]])
* [[Vojtěch Preissig]]
* [[Vojtěch Preissig]]
* [[Tomáš Brousil]]
* [[Radek Sidun]]
* [[Petr Blažek]]
* [[Petr Blažek]]
* [[Rostislav Vaněk]]
* [[Matyáš Machat]]
* [[Marek Pistora]]
* [[Vojtěch Říha]]
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== Denmark ==
* Mads Rydahl (Planet Kosmos)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racked.com/2016/11/8/13488362/raf-simons-kanye-west-font |title=Raf Simons and Kanye's Favorite New Font |first=Cam |last=Wolf |website=Racked |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref>


== France ==
== France ==
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* [[Henri Didot]]
* [[Henri Didot]]
* [[Pierre Didot]]
* [[Pierre Didot]]
* [[Xavier Dupré]]
* [[Roger Excoffon]]
* [[Roger Excoffon]]
* [[Pierre Simon Fournier]]
* [[Pierre Simon Fournier]]
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== Greece ==
* Takis Katsoulidis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://katsoulidistakis.gr|title=Takis Katsoulidis|website=katsoulidistakis.gr|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>
* Panagiotis Charatzopoulos<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fonts.gr|title=Ελληνική Ψηφιακή Τυποθήκη|website=fonts.gr|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
* Irene Vlachou<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ivtype.com|title=Irene Vlachou|website=ivtype.com|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>
* Eleni Beveratou
* Emilios Theofanous<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monotype.com/studio/emilios-theofanous|title=Emilios Theofanous|website=@ Monotype|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>
* Kostas Bartsokas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kostasbartsokas.com|title=Kostas Bartsokas|website=kostasbartsokas.com|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
* Giannis Karlopoulos
* Aggelos Bakas
* Hector Haralambous
* Haris Tsevis
* Vassilis Georgiou<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ateliergeorgiou.com|title=vassilis georgiou|website=ateliergeorgiou.com|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
* Panos Vassiliou<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parachutefonts.com|title=Parachute®|website=parachutefonts.com|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
* George Triantafyllakos<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atypical.gr|title=Atypical Type Foundry|website=atypical.gr|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://backpacker.gr|title=Backpacker|website=backpacker.gr|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>


== Israel ==
== Israel ==
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* [[Amoretti Brothers]] (Amoretti)
* [[Amoretti Brothers]] (Amoretti)
* [[Fabrizio Schiavi]] ([[PragmataPro]], Sys, Abitare Sans, Siruca…)
* [[Fabrizio Schiavi]] ([[PragmataPro]], Sys, Abitare Sans, Siruca…)

== Japan ==
* Sora Sagano (Tenderness, Medio, Seshat)
* Ryoichi Tsunekawa (Bebas Neue)

==Mexico==
* Cristóbal Henestrosa (Espinosa, Fondo, Mon Nicolette)
* Gabriel Martínez Meave (Darka, Lagarto, Mexica, Presidencia, Rondana)


==Netherlands==
==Netherlands==
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* [[Dick Dooijes]] ([[Nobel (typeface)|Nobel]], Contura, Lectura, Rondo, Mercator)
* [[Dick Dooijes]] ([[Nobel (typeface)|Nobel]], Contura, Lectura, Rondo, Mercator)
* [[Lucas de Groot]] ([[Thesis fonts|Thesis]], TheAntiqua, [[Corpid]], [[Calibri]])
* [[Lucas de Groot]] ([[Thesis fonts|Thesis]], TheAntiqua, [[Corpid]], [[Calibri]])
* [[Boudewijn Ietswaart]] (Balduina)
* [[Jan van Krimpen]] (Spectrum, Romanée, Romulus, Haarlemmer, Lutetia, Cancellaresca Bastarda)
* [[Jan van Krimpen]] (Spectrum, Romanée, Romulus, Haarlemmer, Lutetia, Cancellaresca Bastarda)
* [[Martin Majoor]] ([[FF Scala]], [[FF Scala Sans]], Telefont, FF Seria, FF Seria Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Mix)
* [[Martin Majoor]] ([[FF Scala]], [[FF Scala Sans]], Telefont, FF Seria, FF Seria Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Mix)
* [[Gerrit Noordzij]] (TEFF Burgundica, TEFF Ruse)
* [[Gerrit Noordzij]] (TEFF Burgundica, TEFF Ruse)
* [[Albert-Jan Pool]] ([[FF DIN]], URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)
* [[S.H. de Roos]] (aka [[Sjoerd de Roos]] (Hollandsche Mediæval, Grotius, Egmont, Libria, De Roos, Zilvertype)
* [[S.H. de Roos]] (aka [[Sjoerd de Roos]] (Hollandsche Mediæval, Grotius, Egmont, Libria, De Roos, Zilvertype)
* [[Fred Smeijers]] (OurType, Arnhem, Fresco, Sansa, DTL Nobel, TEFF Renard, FF Quadraat)
* [[Fred Smeijers]] (OurType, Arnhem, Fresco, Sansa, DTL Nobel, TEFF Renard, FF Quadraat)
* [[Gerard Unger]] (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)
* [[Gerard Unger]] (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)

* [[Albert-Jan Pool]] ([[FF DIN]], URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)
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==Portugal==
==Portugal==
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* [[Brígida Guerreiro]] (Kobu Foundry: Akuto, Kaito, Okaasan Serif, Sakasu Display, Tsuku Sans)
* [[Catarina Vaz]] (R-Typography Sul Stencil with Rui Abreu)
* [[Dino dos Santos]] (DSType Prelo, Aparo, Acta, Breve, Mafra, Jornada, Nitida, Prumo, Solido, Torio…)
* [[Fábio Duarte Martins]] (Uivo, Optician, Catorze27, Eletrica, Grafista)
* [[Francisco Torres]] (R-Typography Gliko Modern, with Rui Abreu and Catarina Vaz)
* [[Hugo d’Alte]] (Kaas)
* [[Joana Correia]] (Artigo, Laca, Lemongrass, Alga)
* [[Joana Ranito]] (Curiosa)
* [[João Miranda]] (BIG, Calma, Adfuel, Phuc)
* [[João Miranda]] (BIG, Calma, Adfuel, Phuc)
* [[João Symington]] (JT Douro, Ludema)
* [[Joel Vilas Boas]] (Piolin, Hotel)
* [[Jorge dos Reis]]
* [[Luís Bandovas]] (NovaType Epura; Black Foundry Liszt; Latinotype Majora & Autor)
* [[Manuel Pereira da Silva]] (MPS Rotunda) (deceased)
* [[Manuel Pereira da Silva]] (MPS Rotunda) (deceased)
* [[Mário Feliciano]] (FTF Flama, Grotezc, Eudald, Garda, Marcin Antique, Mazagan, Merlo, Rongel, Stella, …)
* [[Miguel Sousa]] (Adobe Vortice, Source; HTW Gothic Round)
* [[Natanael Gama]] (Exo, Cinzel, Arima, Mastro, Worker, Bruta, Nazaré, Genica)
* [[Nuno Dias]] (Meteoric)
* [[Nuno Dias]] (Meteoric)
* [[Olinda Martins]] (Bazaar)
* [[Pedro Amado]] (VJ2018VF)
* [[Pedro Leal (type designer)|Pedro Leal]] (DSType Rude, Braga, Penna, Mafra, User, Jules, Solido, Torio… ; TCF Diple, Zellige, Plastico)
* [[Rafael Serra]]
* [[Rafael Serra]]
* [[Ricardo Santos (type designer)|Ricardo Santos]] (Vanarchiv Lisboa, Gazeta, Noveau, Xaloc, Van, Lab, Sonae, Grafia; TDL Ruha and Aquino with Tipos das Letras; Tiponautas Aircrew)
* [[Rúben Dias]] (Taca)
* [[Rúben Dias]] (Taca)
* [[Rui Abreu]] (R-Typography Flecha, Gliko, Staff, Pathos, Sul, Grifo (Grifito & Grifinito), Gira, Usual, Azo, Signo, Aria, Orbe; TDL Aquino with Ricardo Santos)
* [[Rui Abreu]] (R-Typography Flecha, Gliko, Staff, Pathos, Sul, Grifo (Grifito & Grifinito), Gira, Usual, Azo, Signo, Aria, Orbe; TDL Aquino with Ricardo Santos)
* [[Sónia Rocha]]
* [[Susana Carvalho]] (Kai-Bernau Access)
* [[Vitória Neves]] (STF Klapt, Coolkids, Kamila)
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==Philippines==
* [[Alfredo Marco Pradil]] (Hanken Design Co.: HK Grotesk, Arca Majora, Neue Einstellung)


== Russia ==
== Russia ==
* [[Solomon Telingater]] (1903-1969)
* [[Solomon Telingater]] (1903–1969)
* [[Gayaneh Bagdasaryan]]


==Serbia==
==Serbia==
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==Spain==
==Spain==
* [[Eudald Pradell]], punchcutter.
* [[Eudald Pradell]], punchcutter.

==Sri Lanka==
* [[Sinhala Language]]
* [[Pushpananda Ekanayake]], The Font Master / Isiwara (FM Fonts/Isirwara Fonts)
* [[Pathum Egodawaththa]], Mooniac / Akuru Faoundry
* [[Damith Welikala]], Ceylon Calligraphy
* [[Lalith Ratnayake]]
* [[Nalaka Karunakalage]], Ruwakuru


==Sweden==
==Sweden==
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== Switzerland ==
== Switzerland ==
* [[Adrian Frutiger]] (1928-2015, [[Avenir (typeface)|Avenir]], [[Frutiger (typeface)|Frutiger]], [[Univers]])
* [[Adrian Frutiger]] (1928–2015, [[Avenir (typeface)|Avenir]], [[Frutiger (typeface)|Frutiger]], [[Univers]])
* [[Karl Gerstner]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ggk-agency_typographer-karl-gerstner-dies/42808072|title=Typographer Karl Gerstner dies|date=January 3, 2017|newspaper=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Karl Gerstner]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ggk-agency_typographer-karl-gerstner-dies/42808072|title=Typographer Karl Gerstner dies|date=January 3, 2017|newspaper=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Max Miedinger]] ([[Helvetica]])
* [[Max Miedinger]] ([[Helvetica]])
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* [[Jonathan Barnbrook]] (Mason, Exocet, 1996 released through Emigre fonts, Nylon, Prototype, Bastarda)
* [[Jonathan Barnbrook]] (Mason, Exocet, 1996 released through Emigre fonts, Nylon, Prototype, Bastarda)
* [[John Baskerville]] ([[Baskerville]])
* [[John Baskerville]] ([[Baskerville]])
* [[Robert Besley]] ([[Clarendon (typeface)|Clarendon]])
* [[Neville Brody]] (Arcadia, 1986, Blur, Auto-Suggestion))
* [[Neville Brody]] (Arcadia, 1986, Blur, Auto-Suggestion))
* [[Matthew Carter]] (Snell Roundhand, 1965; Shelley Script, 1972; Galliard, 1978; [[Skia (typeface)|Skia]], [[Georgia (font)|Georgia]], Mantinia, all 1993; [[Verdana]], 1996; [[Tahoma (typeface)|Tahoma]], 1999)
* [[Matthew Carter]] (Snell Roundhand, 1965; Shelley Script, 1972; Galliard, 1978; [[Skia (typeface)|Skia]], [[Georgia (font)|Georgia]], Mantinia, all 1993; [[Verdana]], 1996; [[Tahoma (typeface)|Tahoma]], 1999)
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== United States ==
== United States ==
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* [[Jill Bell]] (Gigi, Smack, Carumba, Hollyweird, Bruno, Swank)
* [[Ed Benguiat]] (over 600 typefaces including [[Bookman (typeface)|Bookman]], and [[ITC Benguiat]])
* [[Ed Benguiat]] (over 600 typefaces including [[Bookman (typeface)|Bookman]], and [[ITC Benguiat]])
* [[Linn Boyd Benton]] (Century)
* [[Linn Boyd Benton]] (Century)
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* [[Raph Levien]] (Inconsolata, Museum, Century Catalogue)<ref>[https://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/ My fonts] at levien.com, retrieved November 18, 2019</ref>
* [[Raph Levien]] (Inconsolata, Museum, Century Catalogue)<ref>[https://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/ My fonts] at levien.com, retrieved November 18, 2019</ref>
* [[Harold Lohner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haroldsfonts.com|title=Harold's Fonts Homepage|website=HaroldsFonts.com|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Harold Lohner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haroldsfonts.com|title=Harold's Fonts Homepage|website=HaroldsFonts.com|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
* [[Herb Lubalin]] (Lubalin Graph)
* [[Herb Lubalin]] ([[ITC Avant Garde]], Lubalin Graph)
* [[Douglas Crawford McMurtrie]] (Ultra-Modern Roman)
* [[Douglas Crawford McMurtrie]] (Ultra-Modern Roman)
* [[R. Hunter Middleton]] (99 typefaces including: Stellar, [[Coronet (typeface)|Coronet]], [[Stencil (typeface)|Stencil]], [[Delphian (typeface)|Delphian]], [[Umbra (typeface)|Umbra]] )
* [[R. Hunter Middleton]] (99 typefaces including: Stellar, [[Coronet (typeface)|Coronet]], [[Stencil (typeface)|Stencil]], [[Delphian (typeface)|Delphian]], [[Umbra (typeface)|Umbra]] )
* [[James Montalbano]] (Clearview)
* [[James Montalbano]] (Clearview)
* [[Berne Nadall]] (1869–1932), [[Caslon Antique]].<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine= [[The Inland Printer]] |title=Designers and Engravers of Type: No. XXVII — Berne Nadall |page=382 |first= William E. |last=Loy |url=http://www.galleyrack.com/images/artifice/letters/press/typemaking/literature/general/loy/inland-printer-v025n3-1900-06-p0382-hathi-mich-img0442-loy-no-28-berne-nadall.pdf }}</ref>
* [[William Dana Orcutt]] (Humanistic)
* [[William Dana Orcutt]] (Humanistic)
* [[Wadsworth A. Parker]] (Lexington, Gallia)
* [[Wadsworth A. Parker]] (Lexington, Gallia)
* [[Jim Parkinson]] ([[ITC Bodoni]] [with Janice Prescott Fishman, Holly Goldsmith, and [[Sumner Stone]]], Jimbo, Sutro)
* [[Jim Parkinson]]
* [[Joseph W. Phinney]] (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))
* [[Joseph W. Phinney]] (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))
* [[Will Ransom]] (Parsons)
* [[Will Ransom]] (Parsons)
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* [[Ralph Fletcher Seymour]] (private typefaces for his Alderbrink Press)
* [[Ralph Fletcher Seymour]] (private typefaces for his Alderbrink Press)
* [[Robert Slimbach]] (Minion, Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Garamond Premier)
* [[Robert Slimbach]] (Minion, Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Garamond Premier)
* [[Sara Soskolne]] (Gotham with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones)
* [[Sumner Stone]] (Stone Sans, Stone Serif, Stone Informal, Stone Print, Cycles)
* [[Sumner Stone]] (Stone Sans, Stone Serif, Stone Informal, Stone Print, Cycles)
* [[Ilene Strizver]]
* Ilene Strizver
* [[Tommy Thompson (type designer)|Tommy Thompson]] (titling series for [[Saturday Evening Post]] and [[Collier's Weekly|Colliers]])
* [[Tommy Thompson (type designer)|Tommy Thompson]] (titling series for [[Saturday Evening Post]] and [[Collier's Weekly|Colliers]])
* [[Carol Twombly]] (Lithos, Myriad (co-designer), Trajan, Charlemagne, Nueva, Adobe Caslon)
* [[Carol Twombly]] (Lithos, Myriad (co-designer), Trajan, Charlemagne, Nueva, Adobe Caslon)
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* [[Ross Frederic George|Ross F. George]] (Sign Painter and type designer)
* [[Ross Frederic George|Ross F. George]] (Sign Painter and type designer)
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== Yemen ==
* Sultan Maqtari<ref>{{citation |url=http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-47037.html|title=Sultan Maqtari|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>
* Eyad Al-Samman<ref>{{citation |url=https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-61013.html|title=Eyad Al-Samman|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.typophile.com/wiki/designers Typophile: Type Designers list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216084433/http://typophile.com/wiki/Designers |date=2006-12-16 }}
* [http://old.myfonts.com/person/ Type designers, typographers and other fonts people: MyFonts]
* [http://www.typophile.com/wiki/designers Typophile: Type Designers list]
* [http://www.klingspor-museum.de/Kuenstler.html Klingspor museum digital archive of type designers and type artists]
* [http://www.klingspor-museum.de/Kuenstler.html Klingspor museum digital archive of type designers and type artists]
* [http://www.linotype.com/29/fontdesigners.html Linotype: Font Designers]
* [http://www.linotype.com/29/fontdesigners.html Linotype: Font Designers]
* [http://www.fonts.com/browse/designers/all All Designers at Fonts.com]
* [http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html The Collection of Type Design and Type Designers by Prof. Luc Devroye]


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A type designer is a person who designs typefaces. (The term "typographer" is sometimes misapplied to type designers: a typographer is a person who arranges existing typefaces to lay out a page – see typography)

A partial list of notable type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface (or two for significant designers).

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Tschechische Republik

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Frankreich

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Deutschland

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Israel

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Italien

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Niederlande

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Neuseeland

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Portugal

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Slowakei

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Syria

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Thailand

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Vereinigtes Königreich

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Vereinigte Staaten

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References

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  1. ^ "Typodermic Fonts Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Canada Type!". Canadatype.net. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  3. ^ "Shinntype Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  4. ^ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. January 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  5. ^ "Magneto Bold". Identifont. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Of Type & Lettering with Leslie Cabarga," DT&G magazine. Accessed Dec. 10, 2016.
  7. ^ My fonts at levien.com, retrieved November 18, 2019
  8. ^ "Harold's Fonts Homepage". HaroldsFonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  9. ^ Loy, William E. "Designers and Engravers of Type: No. XXVII — Berne Nadall" (PDF). The Inland Printer. p. 382.
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