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A type designer is a person who designs typefaces. Some type designers are employed by type foundries, or operate them. Others work independently. A partial list of type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface or two for significant designers. Schools of type design sometimes developed in specific western nations, but type design generally has not been defined by nationality.

Contents

Argentina

  • Rubén Fontana
  • Alejandro Lo Celso
  • Alejandro Paul
  • Luis Siquot
  • Maximiliano R. Sproviero (Argentina Lián Types)
  • Sabrina M. Lopez (TypeSenses)

Australia

  • James Arboghast
  • Graham Meade
  • Paul Lloyd
  • Wayne Thompson
  • Stephen Banham

Brazil

Cambodia

  • Danh Hong (Khmer Fonts)

Canada

  • Rebecca Alaccari (Canada Type)
  • Chester (Schmelvetica)
  • Ray Fenwick (type designer)
  • Gerald Giampa
  • Patrick Giasson
  • Patrick Griffin (type designer) (Canada Type)
  • John Hudson
  • Ray Larabie
  • Rod McDonald
  • Ross Mills
  • Jamie Nazaroff (Zang-O-Fonts)
  • Jim Rimmer
  • Nick Shinn (Brown, FF Fontesque, Walburn)
  • Leslie Usherwood (Caxton, Leawood)

Colombia

  • Carlos Fabian Camargo (Andinistas)
  • Cesar Puertas (Tipograma)
  • Manuel Corradine (Corradine Fonts)

Cuba

  • Carlos Segura Cuba

Czech Republic

  • Tomáš Brousil
  • Veronika Burian (FF Maiola)
  • Stanislav Maršo
  • Oldřich Menhart
  • Marek Pistora
  • Vojtěch Preissig
  • Jan Solpera
  • František Štorm (Anselm, ITC Biblon)
  • Pavel Teimer
  • Josef Týfa

Denmark

  • Morten Rostgaard Olsen (born 1964)
  • Ole Søndergaard (born 1937)

Ethiopia

  • Ato Yigezu Bisrat

Finland

  • Saku Heinänen (Freja)
  • Sami Kortemäki (Auto, Bello, FF Nelio and others)
  • Jarno Lukkarila (Xtra Sans, Tanger Serif)
  • Julia Sysmäläinen (FF Mister K)

France

Germany

India

  • S.K. Mohanty (Indic Scripts Type Design)

Ireland

Italy

  • Giambattista Bodoni (Bodoni)
  • Giovanni de Faccio (Rialto)
  • Piero De Macchi (Iveco, Nomina, Graphicus, Pancarré, Exemplar)
  • Umberto Fenocchio (Linea, Sigla, Armonia)
  • Giangiorgio Fuga (GFT Venexiano, GFT Murrina, GFT Lespresso Sans)
  • Francesco Griffo (Bembo, Poliphilus)
  • Aldus Manutius
  • Aldo Novarese (Novarese, Eurostile, Fenice, Recta, Microgramma, ...)

Mauritius

  • Jean-Lou Désiré (AF Kub)

Mexico

  • Jorge de Buen Unna
  • Gabriel Martínez Meave
  • Isaías Loaiza Ramírez
  • Enrique Ollervides
  • Leonardo Vázquez Conde
  • Cristóbal Henestrosa
  • Óscar Yáñez

Netherlands

  • Evert Bloemsma (FF Balance, FF Cocon, FF Avance, FF Legato)
  • Erik van Blokland (FF Beowolf, FF Erikrighthand, FF Trixie, FF Kosmik, FF Zapata)
  • Wim Crouwel
  • Christoffel van Dijck (Monotype Van Dijck, Hollander and DTL Elzevir are based on his designs)
  • Bram de Does (Trinité, Lexicon)
  • Lucas de Groot (Thesis, TheAntiqua, Corpid, Calibri)
  • Sem Hartz (Monotype Juliana)
  • 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 (Ruse)
  • S.H. de Roos (aka Sjoerd de Roos (Hollandsche Mediæval, Grotius, Egmont, Libria, De Roos, Zilvertype)
  • Artur Schmal (OT Parry, OT Parry Grotesque)
  • Fred Smeijers (OurType Arnhem, Fresco, Sansa, DTL Nobel, TEFF Renard, FF Quadraat)
  • Gerard Unger (Swift, Hollander DTL Paradox, DTL Argo, Capitoleum, Flora, Praxis, Vesta, Big Vesta,)
  • Albert-Jan Pool (FF DIN, URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)

New Zealand

Poland

  • Łukasz Dziedzic (FF Clan, FF Good, FF Pitu)
  • Dariusz Nowak-Nova (Linotype Fresh Ewka™, Linotype NoweAteny™)
  • Adam Półtawski (Antykwa Półtawskiego)

Portugal

  • Mario Feliciano
  • Dino dos Santos

Serbia

Slovakia

South Africa

  • Brode Vosloo
  • Garth Walker

Spain

  • Eudald Pradell (Ripoll, 1721 - Barcelona, 1788). Punchcutter.
  • Gerónimo Antonio Gil (Zamora, 1732 - México, 1798 ). Punchcutter.
  • Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros (1732 - 1812). Punchcutter.
  • Pablo de la Madre de Dios (1748 - 1780). Punchcutter.
  • Joaquín de la Soledad (1769 - 1837). Punchcutter.
  • Andreu Balius (Barcelona, 1962)
  • Iñigo Jerez
  • Eduardo Manso
  • Laura Messeguer
  • Josep Patau

Sweden

  • 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
  • Anders de Flon
  • Göran Söderström (Exemplar, Flieger, Navelfluff, Shabash, Trentor)
  • Mårten Thavenius (FF Rattlescript, Aptifer Sans, Aptifer Slab)

Switzerland

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

  • Bill Bailey (HP Postnet barcode, 1986; Cyrillic Script typefaces in HP printers, 1997 drawn for Agfa-Monotype (now Monotype Corporation); MICRDIMM E13B, CMC-7, 1997; UPS Maxicode as a typeface, 1998)[citation needed]
  • Kevin Bailey (ITC Bailey Sans family, and supporting display font ITC Bailey Quad Bold 1996; ITC Liverpool 1999)
  • Ken Barber
  • Jill Bell (Gigi, Smack, Carumba, Hollyweird, Bruno, Swank)
  • Morris Fuller Benton (Franklin Gothic, Century Schoolbook, News Gothic, Bank Gothic)
  • David Berlow (Charcoal, Bureau Grotesque)
  • Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, partners in design (Lucida family)
  • Roger Black Digital Type Industry Pioneer
  • Brian J. Bonislawsky
  • Philip Bouwsma
  • Mark van Bronkhorst
  • Jackson Burke (Trade Gothic, 1948)
  • Leslie Cabarga
  • Tom Carnase (Busorama, 1970)
  • Rodrigo Xavier Cavazos (Alembic, Eidetic Neo, Faceplate Sans)
  • Vincent Connare(comic sans, trebuchet, magpie)
  • Oswald Cooper (Cooper Black)
  • Carl Crossgrove (Mundo Sans)
  • Nick Curtis (ITC Beeswax)
  • Rick Cusick (Nyx)
  • Joshua Darden
  • Chuck Davis
  • Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
  • Chank Diesel
  • Devon DeLapp
  • Matt Desmond (Stomper)
  • Peter Dombrezian (Dom Casual)
  • Jeremy Dooley (Aviano)
  • Michael Doret (Metroscript, Deliscript, Bank Gothic AS, Orion MD, PowerStation)
  • William Addison Dwiggins (Electra, Caledonia, Metro)
  • Tobias Frere-Jones (Interstate, Gotham, Reactor, plus numerous custom designs for publications including the Wall Street Journal, GQ, Esquire, NY Times Magazine)
  • James Grieshaber
  • Frederic Goudy (Copperplate, 1905; Goudy Old Style, 1915; Berkeley Oldstyle, 1938)
  • Chauncey H. Griffith (Bell Gothic, 1937; Poster Bodoni, 1938)
  • Cyrus Highsmith (Benton Sans, together with Tobias Frere-Jones)
  • Jonathan Hoefler (Knockout, Hoefler Text, partner with Tobias Frere-Jones)
  • Kris Holmes (Lucida)
  • Paul D. Hunt
  • Susan Kare (original Apple Macintosh fonts, 1984)
  • Richard Kegler
  • Donald Knuth (Computer Modern)
  • Jess Latham (Shimmer, Pink Martini)
  • Kent Lew (Whitman)
  • Patricia Lillie
  • Richard Lipton (Arrus, Bremen)
  • Herb Lubalin (Lubalin Graph)
  • Robert Hunter Middleton (Stellar)
  • James Montalbano (Clearview)
  • Dave Nalle (Abaddon, Hesperides, Ligeia, Ironworks, Folkard)
  • Eric Olson (Bryant, Klavika)
  • Hrant H. Papazian
  • Jim Parkinson
  • Robert Petrick
  • Joseph W. Phinney (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))
  • Bruce Rogers (Centaur)
  • Tim Rolands
  • David J. Ross (Manicotti)
  • Stuart Sandler (Leisure Script)
  • Michael Scarpitti
  • Christian Schwartz (Neutraface, Amplitude, Guardian Egyptian)
  • Mark Simonson
  • Robert Slimbach (Minion, Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Garamond Premier)
  • Dan X. Solo
  • Brian Sooy
  • Sumner Stone (Stone Sans, Stone Serif, Stone Informal, Stone Print, Cycles)
  • Ilene Strizver
  • Neil Summerour (Aaux, Baka, Epic, Organic )
  • Judith Sutcliffe
  • Christina Torre
  • Carol Twombly (Lithos, Myriad (co-designer), Trajan, Charlemagne, Nueva, Adobe Caslon)
  • Jim Wasco (Mythos)
  • George Williams (Caslon Roman, Monospace)
  • Delve Withrington (Blot Test)
  • Doyald Young (Young Baroque, Eclat)
  • Stephen Sagmeister (Sagmeister, Inc.)

See also

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