List of type designers

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).

Australia

Stephen Banham

Brazil

Eduardo Recife

Canada

Sara Soskolne (Gotham with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones)
Gerald Giampa
Ray Larabie^[1]
Jim Rimmer^[2]
Nick Shinn^[3]

Czech Republic

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
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)

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…)

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)
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)

New Zealand

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)

Russia

Solomon Telingater (1903–1969)

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^[4]
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)
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)

United States

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 (ITC Avant Garde, 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 (ITC Bodoni [with Janice Prescott Fishman, Holly Goldsmith, and Sumner Stone], Jimbo, Sutro)
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)

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