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  2. John Langdon (typographer) - Wikipedia

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    [10] [14] By 1980, Langdon claims both he and Stanford graduate student Scott Kim invented ambigrams, albeit separately. Kim called his creations inversions; in 1984, Douglas Hofstadter coined the term ambigram. [16] [12] The first ambigram Langdon sold was of the word STARSHIP to Jefferson Starship for their 1976 album Spitfire.

  3. Typography - Wikipedia

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    A revolving type case for wooden type in China, an illustration shown in a book published in 1313 by Wang Zhen Korean movable type from 1377 used for the Jikji. Although typically applied to printed, published, broadcast, and reproduced materials in contemporary times, all words, letters, symbols, and numbers written alongside the earliest naturalistic drawings by humans may be called typography.

  4. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    A detailed examination of Gutenberg's life and invention, skillfully interwoven with the underlying social and religious upheaval of Medieval Europe on the eve of the Renaissance. McKitterick, David. Print, Manuscript, and the Search for Order, 1450-1830, N.Y. & Cambridge:{Cambridge University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-521-82690-X. Deals with the ...

  5. Typographer (typewriter) - Wikipedia

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    The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt. [1] Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press characters onto paper one at a time. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was the first typewriting machine to be patented in the United States, although Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808. [ 4 ]

  6. Frederic Goudy - Wikipedia

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    Frederic William Goudy (/ ˈ ɡ aʊ d i / GOW-dee; [2] March 8, 1865 – May 11, 1947) was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. [3]

  7. Erik Spiekermann - Wikipedia

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    typographer, designer and writer Erik Spiekermann (born 30 May 1947) is a German typographer , designer and writer. He is an honorary professor at the University of the Arts Bremen and ArtCenter College of Design .

  8. Claude Garamond - Wikipedia

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    Claude Garamond. Claude Garamont (c. 1510 –1561), [1] known commonly as Claude Garamond, was a French type designer, publisher and punch-cutter based in Paris. [2] [3] Garamond worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type.

  9. William Austin Burt - Wikipedia

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    Among Burt's numerous inventions were the typographer in 1829, which was a predecessor to the typewriter. [3] He also invented the solar compass , a surveying tool used in the Michigan Survey , employed in regions which had an abundance of minerals that would interfere with accurate readings when using ordinary instruments.