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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 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. Art of arranging type "Typographer" redirects here. For the typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with Type design, Topography, Typology, or Topology. A specimen sheet of the Trajan typeface, which is based on the letter forms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman ...
(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).
Robert Henry Harling (27 March 1910 in London – 1 July 2008 in Godstone, Surrey) was a British typographer, designer, journalist and novelist who lived to the age of 98. [ 1 ] Early life and work
Harry Graham Carter (27 March 1901 – 10 March 1982) was an English typographer, translator and writer. [1] He was a well-known historian of type. [2] He was the father of type designer Matthew Carter.
It is the art of a type designer to develop a pleasing and functional typeface. In contrast, it is the task of the typographer (or typesetter) to lay out a page using a typeface that is appropriate to the work to be printed or displayed. Type designers use the basic concepts of strokes, counter, body, and structural groups when designing typefaces.
Mike Russell Parker (1929 - February 23, 2014) was a British-born American typographer and type designer. Parker is known for rediscovering a "nameless Roman" type font and preparing it as a Starling series for Font Bureau .
Anthony Froshaug (1920–1984) was an English typographer, designer and teacher, born in London to a Norwegian father and English mother. Influenced by ideas of European modernism, particularly the work of Jan Tschichold, Froshaug is considered by some to be the most convincing exponent of modern typography in Britain. [1]