List of type designers

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A type designer (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a typographer), is a person who designs typefaces. A partial list of type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface (or two for significant designers).

Australia

  • Stephen Banham

Brazil

  • Eduardo Recife

Canada

  • Gerald Giampa
  • Ray Larabie[1]
  • Jim Rimmer[2]
  • Nick Shinn[3]

Czech Republic

  • David Březina (Skolar)
  • Oldřich Menhart (Ceska Unciala)
  • František Štorm
  • Jan Rambousek (Brno Z)
  • Vojtěch Preissig


Denmark

  • Mads Rydahl (Planet Kosmos)[4]

France

  • 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


Germany

  • 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)


Greece

  • Takis Katsoulidis
  • Panagiotis Charatzopoulos[5]
  • Irene Vlachou
  • Eleni Beveratou
  • Kostas Bartsokas[6]
  • Giannis Karlopoulos
  • Aggelos Bakas
  • Hector Haralambous
  • Haris Tsevis
  • Vassilis Georgiou[7]
  • Panos Vassiliou[8]
  • George Triantafyllakos[9][10]

Israel

  • Henri Friedlaender (Hadassah, Shalom, Hadar, Aviv)
  • Eliyahu Koren (Koren)

Italy

  • 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…)


Japan

  • Ryoichi Tsunekawa (Bebas Neue)

Netherlands

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Albert-Jan Pool (FF DIN, URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)


New Zealand

  • Joseph Churchward
  • Kris Sowersby
  • Jack Yan

Portugal

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Olinda Martins (Bazaar)
  • Pedro Leal (DSType Rude, Braga, Penna, Mafra, User, Jules, Solido, Torio… ; TCF Diple, Zellige, Plastico)
  • Rafael Serra
  • Ricardo Santos (Vanarchiv Lisboa, Gazeta, Noveau, Xaloc, Van, Lab, Sonae, Grafia; TDL Ruha and Aquino with Tipos das Letras; Tiponautas Aircrew)
  • 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)
  • Sónia Rocha
  • Susana Carvalho (Kai-Bernau Access)
  • Vitória Neves (STF Klapt, Coolkids, Kamila)


Russia

  • Solomon Telingater (1903-1969)
  • Gayaneh Bagdasaryan

Serbia

  • Hieromonk Makarije

Slovakia

  • Zuzana Licko (Mrs Eaves)
  • Peter Biľak (Eureka, Fedra, Greta, History, Irma, Julien, Karloff, Lava)

South Africa

  • Margaret Calvert (Transport)

Spain

  • Eudald Pradell, punchcutter.

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

Switzerland

  • Adrian Frutiger (1928-2015, Avenir, Frutiger, Univers)
  • Karl Gerstner[11]
  • Max Miedinger (Helvetica)

Syria

  • Mamoun Sakkal (Shilia, Hasan Al Quds, Al-Futtaim)

Thailand

  • Anuthin Wongsunkakon

United Kingdom

  • Charles Robert Ashbee ( , 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)
  • 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)


United States

  • Jill Bell (Gigi, Smack, Carumba, Hollyweird, Bruno, Swank)
  • 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
  • Jackson Burke (Trade Gothic, 1948)
  • Leslie Cabarga (Magneto,[12] Bad Typ, Casey, Streamline, Raceway)[13]
  • 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)
  • Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
  • 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)
  • Herb Lubalin (Lubalin Graph)
  • Douglas Crawford McMurtrie (Ultra-Modern Roman)
  • R. Hunter Middleton (99 typefaces including: Stellar, Coronet, Stencil, Delphian, Umbra )
  • James Montalbano (Clearview)
  • 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)
  • Ralph Fletcher Seymour (private typefaces for his Alderbrink Press)
  • 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)
  • 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)


Yemen

Computer typeface creators

This is a list of creators of computer typefaces, usually distributed in TrueType format. Many of these designers also design shareware or commercial fonts as well.

  • Daniel Gauthier[16]
  • Youngjin Hahn designer of Artwiz fonts
  • Ray Larabie(Larabie Font, Typodermic)[17][18]
  • Raph Levien (Inconsolata, Museum, Century Catalogue)[19]
  • Harold Lohner[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Typodermic Fonts Homepage". http://www.typodermicfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Canada Type!". http://www.canadatype.net. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 
  3. ↑ "Shinntype Homepage". http://www.shinntype.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 
  4. ↑ Wolf, Cam (November 8, 2016). "Raf Simons and Kanye's Favorite New Font". Vox Media. https://www.racked.com/2016/11/8/13488362/raf-simons-kanye-west-font. Retrieved January 15, 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Ελληνική Ψηφιακή Τυποθήκη". https://fonts.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  6. ↑ "Kostas Bartsokas". http://www.kostasbartsokas.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  7. ↑ "vassilis georgiou". https://ateliergeorgiou.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  8. ↑ "Parachute®". https://www.parachutefonts.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  9. ↑ "Atypical Type Foundry". https://atypical.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  10. ↑ "Backpacker". https://backpacker.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-30. 
  11. ↑ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. January 3, 2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ggk-agency_typographer-karl-gerstner-dies/42808072. 
  12. ↑ "Magneto Bold". Identifont. http://www.identifont.com/show?72V. Retrieved 10 October 2010. 
  13. ↑ "Of Type & Lettering with Leslie Cabarga," DT&G magazine. Accessed Dec. 10, 2016.
  14. ↑ Sultan Maqtari, http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-47037.html, retrieved 2020-03-03 
  15. ↑ Eyad Al-Samman, https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-61013.html, retrieved 2020-03-03 
  16. ↑ "What's new?". http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/gaut/index.htm. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 
  17. ↑ "hundreds of original, freeware fonts". Larabie Fonts. http://www.larabiefonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 
  18. ↑ [1]
  19. ↑ My fonts at levien.com, retrieved November 18, 2019
  20. ↑ "Harold's Fonts Homepage". http://www.haroldsfonts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04. 

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