List of type designers

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.

Argentina

• Rubén Fontana
• Alejandro Lo Celso
• Alejandro Paul
• Luis Siquot

Australia

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

Brazil

• Eduardo Recife
• Gustavo Lassala
• Dimitre Lima
• Claudio Rocha

Cambodia

• Danh Hong (Khmer Fonts)

Canada

• Rebecca Alaccari (Canada Type)
• Chester
• 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)

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

Ethiopia

• Ato Yigezu Bisrat

France

• Antoine Augereau
• Alexandre de Berny
• Pierre Bézier
• Albert Boton
• Louis Braille
• Camut
• Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (Peignot, 1937)
• Charles Nicolas Cochin
• Simon de Colines
• Jean-Renaud Cuaz
• Firmin Didot
• François Didot
• François-Ambroise Didot
• Henri Didot
• Pierre Didot
• Xavier Dupré
• Roger Excoffon
• François Fournier
• Jean Claude Fournier
• Pierre Simon Fournier le jeune
• Claude Garamond (Garamond)
• Raymond Gid
• Robert Granjon
• Hector Guimard
• François Guyot
• Pierre Haultin
• Franck Jalleau
• Jean Jannon
• Nicolas Jenson
• Molé-le-Jeune
• Charles Peignot
• Gustave Peignot
• Louis Perrin
• Christophe Plantin
• Jean-François Porchez
• Charles Plumet
• Thierry Puyfoulhoux
• Jacques Sabon
• Wynkyn de Worde
• Christophe Féray

Germany

• Johann Michael Fleischman (Fleischman)
• Johann Gutenberg
• Erhard Kaiser (DTL Fleischmann, DTL Prokyon)
• Rudolf Koch (Kabel, Neuland, Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch)
• Friedrich Poppl (Poppl-Pontifex, 1974; Laudatio, 1982)
• Paul Renner (Futura, 1927)
• Erik Spiekermann (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit and others)
• Jan Tschichold (Sabon)
• Kurt Weidemann (ITC Weidemann, Biblica, Corporate ASE)
• Berthold Wolpe (Albertus)
• Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (Diotima, Alcuin)
• Hermann Zapf (Palatino, Optima, Zapf Chancery, Zapf Dingbats, Zapfino)

Hungary

• Misztótfalusi Kis Miklós (Janson)

India

• S.K. Mohanty (Indic scripts Type Design & Bhutanese, Tibetan, Sinhalese scripts Type Design)

Karambir Singh Rohilla Typographer (All Indian Language)

Ireland

• Michael Everson (Duibhlinn, Everson Mono, Last Resort)

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, ...)

Mexico

• José Luis Acosta
• Jorge de Buen Unna
• Gabriel Martínez Meave
• Isaías Loaiza Ramírez
• Enrique Ollervides
• Leonardo Vázquez Conde

Netherlands

• 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, FF Seria, FF Seria Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Mix)
• Gerrit Noordzij (Ruse)
• 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 (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

• Joseph Churchward
• Kris Sowersby
• Jack Yan

Poland

• Adam Półtawski (Antykwa Półtawskiego)

Portugal

• Mario Feliciano

Dino dos Santos

Serbia

• Hieromonk Makarije

Slovakia

• Zuzana Licko

South Africa

• Brode Vosloo
• Garth Walker
• Richard Hart

Spain

• Joaquín Ibarra y Marín (Ibarra, circa 1770)

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)

Switzerland

• Adrian Frutiger (Frutiger, Univers)
• Max Miedinger (Helvetica, Swiss 721)

Thailand

• Anuthin Wongsunkakon

United Kingdom

• Paul Barnes (Guardian Egyptian, with Christian Schwartz, 2005)
• Jonathan Barnbrook (Mason, Exocet,1996 released through Emigre fonts, Nylon, Prototype, Bastarda)
• John Baskerville
• Neville Brody (Arcadia, 1986)
• 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 (typographer)
• Ashley Havinden (Ashley Script, 1955, Ashley Inline, 1993)
• Justin Howes (Founder's Caslon, 1998)
• Edward Johnston (Johnston, 1916)
• Stanley Morison (Times New Roman)
• Jason Smith (BBC1, ITV, Channel 4)
• Bruno Maag (Tesco, Tottenham Hotspur, Telewest, Urban Splash, BT, BMW, Vodafone) Dalton Maag Type Design

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)
• Kevin Bailey (ITC Bailey Sans family, and supporting display font ITC Bailey Quad Bold 1996; ITC Liverpool 1999)
• Ken Barber
• 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)
• Joshua Darden
• Chuck Davis
• Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
• Chank Diesel
• Devon DeLapp
• Matt Desmond (Stomper)
• Peter Dombrezian (Dom Casual)
• Michael Doret (Bank Gothic AS, Metroscript, 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)
• 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
• Herb Lubalin (Lubalin Graph)
• Robert Hunter Middleton (Stellar)
• James Montalbano (Clearview)
• Dave Nalle (Abaddon, Hesperides, Ligeia, Ironworks, Folkard)
• Eric Olson
• Hrant H. Papazian
• Jim Parkinson
• Joseph W. Phinney (Abbott Old Style, Cloister Black (with M.F. Benton), Camelot (with F. Goudy))
• 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

• List of freeware type designers
• Typographers

External links

• Typophile: Type Designers list
• - Type designers, typographers and other font people