List of type designers

A type designer (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a typographer), 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.

Argentina

• Alejandro Paul^{[ar 1]}
• Ariel Garófalo^{[ar 2]}
• Claudio Pousada^{[ar 3]}
• Diego Giaccone^{[ar 4]}
• Rubén Fontana^{[ar 5]}

Australia

• Stephen Banham

Brazil

• Eduardo Recife
• Erica Jung^{[br 1]}
• Ricardo Marcin^{[br 2]}

Canada

• Ian Brignell^[1]
• Gerald Giampa
• Patrick Griffin^[2]
• John Hudson^[3]
• Kevin King^[4]
• Ray Larabie^[5]
• Rod McDonald^[6]
• Ross Mills^[7]
• Jim Rimmer^[8]
• Nick Shinn^[9]

Czech Republic

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

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)

India

• R K Joshi (Indic scripts)
• Manoj Choudhury (Font Engineer/Type Designer)

Israel

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

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)

Netherlands

• Evert Bloemsma (FF Balance, FF Cocon, FF Avance, FF Legato)
• Wim Crouwel (Catalogue, Fodor, Gridnik, New Alphabet, Stedelijk)
• Bram de Does (TEFF Trinité, TEFF Lexicon)
• 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

Poland

• Dariusz Nowak-Nova (Linotype Fresh Ewka, Linotype NoweAteny)

Russia

• Galina Bannikova (1901-1972)^{[ru 1][ru 2]}
• Alexey Chekulaev (b. 1949)^{[ru 3]}
• Valery Golyzhenkov^{[ru 4]}
• Yuri Gordon (b. 1958)^{[ru 5]}
• Elena Kowalski (b. 1986)^{[ru 6]}
• Ilya Davidovich Krichevsky (b. 1907)^{[ru 1][ru 7]}
• Nikolai Kudryashev (1909-1991)^{[ru 8]}
• Anatoliy Kudryavtsev (b. 1946)^{[ru 1][ru 9]}
• Pavel Kuzanyan (1901-1992)^{[ru 1][ru 10]}
• Vadim Lazursky (1909-1994)^{[ru 1][ru 11]}
• Mikhail Rovensky (1902-1996)^{[ru 1][ru 12]}
• Ilya Ruderman (b. 1979)^{[ru 13]}
• Tagir Safayev (b. 1950)^{[ru 14]}
• Isay Slutsker (1924-2002)^{[ru 1][ru 15]}
• Alexander Tarbeev (b. 1956)^{[ru 1][ru 16]}
• Solomon Telingater (1903-1969)^{[ru 1][ru 17]}
• Vladimir Yefimov (b. 1949-2012)^{[ru 1][ru 18]}

Romania

• Robert Corseanschi (Sereno, Gumley, Habbly, Ordin, Getone, Bastonello)
• Mihai Mugur (Indento, Agrafa, Zaftig)

Serbia

• Hieromonk Makarije

Slovakia

• Zuzana Licko (Mrs Eaves)
• Peter Biľak (Eureka, Fedra, Greta, History, Irma, Julien, Karloff, Lava)
• Andrej Krátky (Nara)
• Ján Filípek (Kontrast Grotesk, Preto, Deva Ideal, Dezen, Poleno, Komu, Rukou, Anca, Razom Script)
• Ondrej Jób (Klimax, Odesta, Doko, Woodkit, Monoxil, Outliner, Remi, Bismuth, Clip, Ico, Ion)
• Samuel Čarnoký (Inka, Samo sans, Leco)
• Andrej Dieneš (Fazeta, Akceler)

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)
• Max Miedinger (Helvetica)

Syria

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

Thailand

• Anuthin Wongsunkakon

United Kingdom

• 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)
• 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)
• Timothy Donaldson (Humana, Postino)
• Eric Gill (Gill Sans, Perpetua, both 1928; Joanna, 1937)
• Robert Harling
• Edd Harrington (Aperçu, Grey Goose, GF Smith, Basis Grotesque; Colophon Foundry)
• 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)
• Anthony Sheret (Aperçu, Grey Goose, GF Smith, Basis Grotesque; Colophon Foundry)
• 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)
• 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)
• Stan Davis (Amelia, Control, Compromise etc.)
• Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
• Chank Diesel
• 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, Hoefler Text, Gotham, Archer, Sentinel, partner with Tobias Frere-Jones)
• 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

• Sultan Al-Maqtari (Musnad, Sultan Nahia, Pumice, Sultan Free, Shamsan)^{[ye 1]}
• Eyad Al-Samman (Loyolliams, Sherbrooke, Ghibli, Samman, Zawiya, Alfarooq, Nusaibah)^{[ye 2]}

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.

• Emil and Erik Bertell (Fenotype)^[10]
• Rebecca G. Bettencourt (Kreative Korporation)^[11]
• Nick Curtis^[12][13]
• Diane DiPiazza (dincTYPE)^[14]
• Christophe Féray (WC Fonts)^[15]
• Vic Fieger^[16]
• Jakob Fischer (Pizzadude)^[17]
• Christopher Fynn (Free Tibetan Fonts Project)^[18]
• Daniel Gauthier^[19]
• Kimberly Geswein^[20]
• Manfred Klein^[21]
• Ray Larabie(Larabie Font)^[22][23]
• Jeff Levine^[24]
• Paul J. Lloyd^[25]
• Harold Lohner^[26]
• Graham Meade (GemFonts)^[27]
• Dave Nalle (Sirona, Divona, Onuava)^[28]
• Martin Pfeiffer^[29]
• Nate Piekos (Blambot)^[30]
• Peter Rempel^[31]
• Derek Vogelpohl^[32][33]
• Peter Wiegel^[34]
• Dan Zadorozny (Iconian Fonts)^[35]

References

1. http://www.ianbrignell.com
2. http://www.canadatype.net
3. http://www.tiro.com
4. http://www.canadatype.net
5. http://www.typodermicfonts.com
6. http://www.myfonts.com/person/Rod_McDonald/
7. http://www.tiro.com
8. http://www.canadatype.net
9. http://www.shinntype.com
10. http://fenotype.com/
11. http://www.kreativekorp.com/
12. http://www.nicksfonts.com/index.html
13. http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/curtis/index.htm
14. http://www.girlswhowearglasses.com
15. http://www.wcfonts.com/
16. http://www.vicfieger.com/fonts/index.html
17. http://www.pizzadude.dk/ Fischer
18. https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/free-tibetan/
19. http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/gaut/index.htm
20. http://kimberlygeswein.com
21. http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/klein/index.htm
22. http://www.larabiefonts.com
23. http://www.typodermic.com
24. Jeffs Fonts
25. http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/lloyd/index.htm
26. http://www.haroldsfonts.com
27. http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/gemnew/index.htm
28. http://www.fontcraft.com/webfonts
29. http://www.scootergraphics.com/
30. http://www.blambot.com/
31. http://www.prfonts.com/
32. http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/shyfonts/shy01.htm
33. http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/lab/index.htm
34. http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Fonts.html
35. http://www.iconian.com

Argentinian references

1. Alejandro Paul
2. Ariel Garófalo
3. Claudio Pousada
4. Diego Giaccone
5. "Rubén Fontana". MyFonts Inc. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

Brazilian references

1. Erica Jung - Linotype.com, PintassilgoPrints.com, MyFonts.com
2. Ricardo Marcin - Linotype.com, PintassilgoPrints.com, MyFonts.com

Indian references

karambir singh rohilla (http://www.artechinfo.in)

Polish references

Russian references

1. Personalia: Biographies of Masters of font and typography - ParaType E-Zine, #2/96 (Russian)
2. Galina Bannikova - information on Paratype.com, Galina Bannikova - information on typo.mania.ru (Russian)
3. Alexey Chekulaev profile on Paratype.com
4. Valery Golyzhenkov, tutor of British Higher School of Art & Design (Moscow), britishdesign.ru (Russian)
5. Yury Gordon - information on Paratype.com, myfonts.com
6. Elena Kowalski - information on myfonts.com, luc.devroye.org
7. Ilya Krichevsky - information on typo.mania.ru (Russian)
8. Nikolai Kudryashev - information on Paratype.com
9. Anatoliy Kudryavtsev - information on Paratype.com
10. Pavel Kuzanyan - information on Paratype.com, Pavel Kuzanyan - information on typo.mania.ru (Russian)
11. Vadim Lazursky - information on Paratype.com, Vadim Lazursky - typo.mania.ru (Russian)
12. Mikhail Rovensky - information on Paratype.com, Mikhail Rovensky - typo.mania.ru (Russian)
13. Ilya Ruderman, tutor of British Higher School of Art & Design (Moscow), britishdesign.ru (Russian); birthdate
14. Tagir Safayev profile on Paratype.com
15. Isay Slutsker profile on Paratype.com, tdc: Isay Solomonovich Slutsker, Isay Slutsker - typo.mania.ru (Russian)
16. Alexander Tarbeev profile on Paratype.com, tutor of British Higher School of Art & Design (Moscow), britishdesign.ru (Russian)
17. paratype.ru, Solomon Telingater - information on typo.mania.ru (Russian)
18. Vladimir Yefimov profile on Paratype.com, tutor of British Higher School of Art & Design (Moscow), britishdesign.ru (Russian)

Yemeni references

1. Sultan Maktari at Linotype
2. Eyad Al-Samman at MyFonts

External links

• Type designers, typographers and other fonts people: MyFonts
• Typophile: Type Designers list
• Klingspor museum digital archive of type designers and type artists
• Linotype: Font Designers
• All Designers at Fonts.com