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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).
Australien
Brasilien
Kanada
- Sara Soskolne (Gotham with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones)
- Gerald Giampa
- Ray Larabie[1]
- Jim Rimmer[2]
- Nick Shinn[3]
Tschechische Republik
- František Štorm
- Vojtěch Preissig
- Petr Blažek
- Stanislav Maršo
- Oldřich Menhart
- Tomáš Brousil
- David Březina
- Petra Dočekalová
- Vojtěch Říha
Frankreich
- George Auriol (Auriol)
- Michel Bouvet
- Louis Braille
- Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (Peignot, 1937)
- Charles Nicolas Cochin
- Simon de Colines
- Firmin Didot
- François Didot
- François-Ambroise Didot
- Henri Didot
- Pierre Didot
- Xavier Dupré
- Roger Excoffon
- Pierre Simon Fournier
- Claude Garamond (Garamond)
- Robert Granjon
- Hector Guimard
- Nicolas Jenson
- Christophe Plantin
- Jean-François Porchez
- Jacques Sabon
- Wynkyn de Worde
Deutschland
- Otto Arpke (Taiko)
- Johann Christian Bauer (Fette Fraktur)
- Konrad Friedrich Bauer (Fortune)
- Walter Baum (Fortune)
- Lucian Bernhard (Bernhard Gothic)
- Peter Behrens (Bahrens-Schrift)
- Georg Belwe (Belwe Roman)
- Jakob Erbar (Erbar, Candida, Feder Grotesk, Koloss)
- Johann Gutenberg
- Karlgeorg Hoefer (Elegance, Permanent)
- Heinrich Jost (Bauer Bodoni, Beton)
- Rudolf Koch (Kabel, Neuland, Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch)
- Paul Renner (Futura, 1927)
- Erik Spiekermann (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit and others)
- Jan Tschichold (Sabon)
- Carlos Winkow designer for the Nacional Typefoundry of Madrid
- Berthold Wolpe (Albertus)
- Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (Diotima, Alcuin)
- Hermann Zapf (Palatino, Optima, Zapf Chancery, Zapf Dingbats, Zapfino)
Israel
- Henri Friedlaender (Hadassah, Shalom, Hadar, Aviv)
- Eliyahu Koren (Koren)
Italien
- Raffaello Bertieri (Inkunabula, Paganini)
- Giambattista Bodoni (Bodoni)
- Alessandro Butti (Microgramma, Rondine)
- Francesco Griffo (Bembo, Poliphilus)
- Aldus Manutius
- Aldo Novarese (Novarese, Eurostile, Fenice, Recta, Microgramma, Stop, Expert, Magister, Garaldus, Normandia, Recta, Estro, ...)
- Amoretti Brothers (Amoretti)
- Fabrizio Schiavi (PragmataPro, Sys, Abitare Sans, Siruca…)
Niederlande
- Evert Bloemsma (FF Balance, FF Cocon, FF Avance, FF Legato)
- Jos Buivenga (Anivers, Calluna, Delicious, Diavlo, Fontin, Fertigo, Museo, Questa)
- Wim Crouwel (Catalogue, Fodor, Gridnik, New Alphabet, Stedelijk)
- Bram de Does (TEFF Trinité, TEFF Lexicon)
- Dick Dooijes (Nobel, Contura, Lectura, Rondo, Mercator)
- Lucas de Groot (Thesis, TheAntiqua, Corpid, Calibri)
- Boudewijn Ietswaart (Balduina)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Neuseeland
Portugal
- João Miranda (BIG, Calma, Adfuel, Phuc)
- Manuel Pereira da Silva (MPS Rotunda) (deceased)
- Nuno Dias (Meteoric)
- Rafael Serra
- 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)
Russland
- Solomon Telingater (1903–1969)
Serbien
Slowakei
- Zuzana Licko (Mrs Eaves)
- Peter Biľak (Eureka, Fedra, Greta, History, Irma, Julien, Karloff, Lava)
Südafrika
- Margaret Calvert (Transport)
Spanien
- Eudald Pradell, punchcutter.
Schweden
- Akke Kumlien (Kumlien Medieval)
- Karl-Erik Forsberg (Berling, Lunda, Carolus, Ericus, Gustavus, Polhem, Carolina Script, Aros Antiqua, and more)
- Bo Berndal (Sispos and Sisneg. Old Swedish standard (SIS 030011, 1973) for public road signs, displays, etc.)
- Franko Luin
Schweiz
- Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015, Avenir, Frutiger, Univers)
- Karl Gerstner[4]
- Max Miedinger (Helvetica)
Syria
Thailand
Vereinigtes Königreich
- Charles Robert Ashbee (Endevour, Prayer Book)
- Richard Austin (Bel, Porson)
- Paul Barnes (Guardian Egyptian, with Christian Schwartz, 2005)
- Jonathan Barnbrook (Mason, Exocet, 1996 released through Emigre fonts, Nylon, Prototype, Bastarda)
- John Baskerville (Baskerville)
- Robert Besley (Clarendon)
- Neville Brody (Arcadia, 1986, Blur, Auto-Suggestion))
- Matthew Carter (Snell Roundhand, 1965; Shelley Script, 1972; Galliard, 1978; Skia, Georgia, Mantinia, all 1993; Verdana, 1996; Tahoma, 1999)
- William Caslon (Caslon)
- Roy Cole (Lina, 2004)
- Eric Gill (Gill Sans, Perpetua, both 1928; Joanna, 1937)
- Phill Grimshaw (over 44 typefaces including Oberon, Hazel, Gravura, Obelisk, Klepto)
- Robert Harling
- Rian Hughes (Blackcurrant, Custard and numerous others released through Device)
- Edward Johnston (Johnston, 1916)
- Seb Lester (Scene, Soho, Neo Sans and Neo Tech)
- Bruno Maag (Tesco, Tottenham Hotspur, Telewest, Urban Splash, BT, BMW, Vodafone, Nokia Pure) Dalton Maag Type Design
- Stanley Morison (Times New Roman)
- Jeremy Tankard (Bliss, Corbel, Blue Island, Disturbance, Enigma, Aspect)
- Walter Tracy (Jubilee, Adsans, Telegraph Modern, 1969 Times Europa, 1972)
Vereinigte Staaten
- Ed Benguiat (over 600 typefaces including Bookman, and ITC Benguiat)
- Linn Boyd Benton (Century)
- Morris Fuller Benton (America's most prolific type designer, having completed 221 total typefaces, including: Franklin Gothic, Century Schoolbook, News Gothic, Bank Gothic)
- Lucian Bernhard (Bernhard Gothic, Bernhard Modern)
- Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, partners in design (Lucida family)
- Joseph Blumenthal, (Spiral, Emerson)
- William H. Bradley
- Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
- Jackson Burke (Trade Gothic, 1948)
- Leslie Cabarga (Magneto,[5] Bad Typ, Casey, Streamline, Raceway)[6]
- Warren Chappell (Lydian series)
- Thomas Maitland Cleland (Della Robbia)
- Vincent Connare (Comic Sans, Trebuchet, Magpie)
- Oswald Bruce 'Oz' Cooper (Cooper Black, 1921)
- Rick Cusick (Nyx)
- Joshua Darden (Freight, Omnes)
- Chank Diesel
- Lawrence O'Donnell (Seglimint, 2006)
- Michael Doret (Metroscript, Deliscript, DeLuxe Gothic, Orion MD, PowerStation)
- William Addison Dwiggins (36 completed typefaces including Electra, Caledonia, Metro)
- Tobias Frere-Jones (Interstate, Gotham, Reactor, plus numerous custom designs for publications including the Wall Street Journal, GQ, Esquire, New York Times Magazine)
- Sidney Gaunt (46 typefaces including Adstyle, Pencraft)
- William S. Gillies (Gillies Light, Gillies Bold)
- Zuzana Licko (Filosofia, Triplex, Mrs Eaves etc.)
- Bertram Goodhue (Cheltenham)
- Frederic Goudy (90 completed typefaces including: Copperplate, 1905; Goudy Old Style, 1915; Berkeley Oldstyle, 1938)
- Chauncey H. Griffith (34 typefaces including Bell Gothic, 1937; Poster Bodoni, 1938)
- Victor Hammer (American Uncial)
- Sol Hess (house designer for Lanston Monotype Company where he completed 85 typefaces)
- Jonathan Hoefler (Knockout, Gotham, Sentinel, Mercury, Chronicle, Archer, Verlag, Forza, Hoefler Text, Hoefler Titling, Ideal Sans)
- Kris Holmes (Lucida)
- Dard Hunter (private faces for his Mountain House Press)
- Susan Kare (original Apple Macintosh typeface, 1984)
- Richard Kegler
- Donald Knuth (Computer Modern)
- Raph Levien (Inconsolata, Museum, Century Catalogue)[7]
- Harold Lohner[8]
- Herb Lubalin (Lubalin Graph)
- Douglas Crawford McMurtrie (Ultra-Modern Roman)
- R. Hunter Middleton (99 typefaces including: Stellar, Coronet, Stencil, Delphian, Umbra )
- James Montalbano (Clearview)
- Berne Nadall (1869–1932), Caslon Antique.[9]
- William Dana Orcutt (Humanistic)
- Wadsworth A. Parker (Lexington, Gallia)
- Jim Parkinson
- Joseph W. Phinney (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))
- Will Ransom (Parsons)
- Bruce Rogers (Centaur)
- Rudolph Ruzicka (Fairfield)
- Stefan Sagmeister (Sagmeister, Inc.)
- Christian Schwartz (Neutraface, Amplitude, Guardian Egyptian)
- Tré Seals (Vocal Type Co. Martin, Bayard, Carrie)
- Ralph Fletcher Seymour (private typefaces for his Alderbrink Press)
- Robert Slimbach (Minion, Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Garamond Premier)
- Sumner Stone (Stone Sans, Stone Serif, Stone Informal, Stone Print, Cycles)
- Ilene Strizver
- Tommy Thompson (titling series for Saturday Evening Post and Colliers)
- Carol Twombly (Lithos, Myriad (co-designer), Trajan, Charlemagne, Nueva, Adobe Caslon)
- Frederic Warde (Arrighi)
- Robert Wiebking (31 typefaces as a designer, including: Artcraft, Munder, Advertisers Gothic. Many more as a punch-cutter.)
- Doyald Young (Young Baroque, Eclat)
- Ross F. George (Sign Painter and type designer)
References
- ^ "Typodermic Fonts Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "Welcome to Canada Type!". Canadatype.net. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "Shinntype Homepage". Typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. January 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "Magneto Bold". Identifont. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Of Type & Lettering with Leslie Cabarga," DT&G magazine. Accessed Dec. 10, 2016.
- ^ My fonts at levien.com, retrieved November 18, 2019
- ^ "Harold's Fonts Homepage". HaroldsFonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ Loy, William E. "Designers and Engravers of Type: No. XXVII — Berne Nadall" (PDF). The Inland Printer. p. 382.