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André Gürtler – born 5. 9. 1936 in Basle, Switzerland – graphic designer, typographer, type designer, teacher.
1952–56: trains as a typesetter. First exercises in calligraphy. 1957: further training as a typographical designer with Emil Ruder. First exercises in type design. 1958–59: letterer for the Monotype Corporation in Salfords, England. 1959–65: type designer and typographer with Adrian Frutiger in Paris. Works for Sofratype SA for two years. Teaches lettering for a year at the
[...]Robert Slimbach was born in 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Shortly after, he arrived in South California where he spent his childhood and his youth.
After leaving college he developed an interest in graphic design and typefaces while running a small screen printshop for manufacturing posters and greeting cards. This work brought him into contact with "Autologic Incorporation" in Newbury Park, CA.
After training from 1983 to 1985, Robert Slimbach worked as a font designer with
[...]The Swiss designer Isabelle Stutz created Linotype Belle™ Plain in 1999.
Linotype Belle Plain, a casual script face, is a winner font of Linotype’s 3rd International Digital Type Design Contest. The letters in this design have a light, informal nature, and appear as if they were written out quickly, using a writing instrument similar to a ballpoint pen. Linotype Belle has two fonts to offer: Linotype Belle Plain and Linotype Belle Bonus. Linotype Belle Bonus contains more extravagant,
[...]The British designer Martin Wait created the following fonts:
Artiste™ (1991), Balmoral™ (1978), Banner™ (1986), Bertram™ (1991), Challenge™ (1982), Conference™ (1978), Emphasis™ (1989), Forest™ (1986), Freestyle Script™ (1981/86), Hadfield™ (1980), Horndon™ (1984), Informal Roman™ (1989), Julietrose™ (2006), Laser™ (1987/88), Pendry Script™ (1981), Pritchard™ (1990), Rapier™ (1989), Refracta™ (1988), Riva™ (1994), Roquette™ (1993), Scriba™ (1992), Wild Thing™ (1995).
Swedish designer Bo Berndal created the following fonts:
Belltrap™ (1995), Benedikt (1991), Berndal™ (2002), Boberia™ (1994), Boscribe™ (2005), Bosis™, Brigida™ (1995), Buccardi™ (2003), Byngve™ (2002), Carl Beck (1992), Linotype Dala™ (1999), Exlibris (1992), Frisans™ (2005), Golota (1997), Grafilone™ (1994), Grantofte (1995), Johabu (1989), Läckö (1993), Lebensjoy (1993), Logoform (1992), Magellan (1993), Maricava (1994), Naniara (1997), Olaus (1992), Promemoria (1996), Sabellicus,
[...]German designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse created the following fonts:
Alcuin® (1991), Ariadne® (1954), Carmina® (1986), Christiana® (1991), Colombine® (1991), Diotima® (1952), Diotima® Classic (2008), Nofret® (1984) Shakespeare™ (1968), Smaragd™ (1953).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.
Anders Bodebeck, graphic designer from Gothenburg, Sweden, recently completed his first typeface Bodebeck™ in addition to his daily work with logotypes and calligraphic book covers. He has also been working as a teacher in graphic design at HDK – School of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg University. Anders Bodebeck will be represented in the annual book from Type Directors Club 2004. At the moment he is working with a new typeface.
American designer Paul Veres created the fonts Linotype Aperto™ (1996), Banjoman™ (1996) and Caterina™ (2004).
Linotype Aperto is a typical text font in the style of transitional faces, like its often-used cousin Times. It is available in roman, semibold and bold weights, each with its matching italic. The roman weight is complete with old style figures and small caps. Its balanced, reserved appearance makes Aperto extremely flexible, good for long texts as well as headlines.
Most of the
[...]Linotype previously had three design studios located around the globe:
Mergenthaler Linotype, in the United States, was founded in Brooklyn, but later moved to Melville, NY, and then to Hauppauge, NY. Mergenthaler Linotype's design studio employed at varying times up to 80 designers under the direction of Chauncey H. Griffith, Jackson Burke, Mike Parker, and Matthew Carter.
In continental Europe, Linotype typefaces were produced by the D. Stempel AG typefoundry in Frankfurt, Germany.
[...]Consulte más características de las fuentes en nuestro Archivo de características de las fuentes.
Typographic Tip of the Month from Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi!
Agosto 2006: Utilice los caracteres floreados de un tipo de letra para variar el diseño
Muchos tipos de letra están equipados con caracteres floreados alternativos concebidos como elemento adicional en la caja de herramientas de los diseñadores. Aún así, los caracteres floreados (letras elaboradas y
[...]3rd International Design Contest
The Winners of the Category Display
Font Designer: André Gürtler, 1978
André Gürtler about Basilia®:
"Among the countless typefaces available today, the Modern Face style is relatively underrepresented. During the 19th century and then later with the competition from the mechanized hot metal types and film setting, a number of attractive headline types appeared in this style. For text, however, the available types were limited to those based on tried and true classics like Walbaum, Didot and Bodoni, which were
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