In Honor of the 100th birthday of Jan Tschichold
Soon after his return to Switzerland at the end of 1949, the massive drop in the worth of the English pound led Tschichold to begin negotiations over a position at the master school for Germany’s book printers in Munich. Due to unacceptable conditions – Tschichold would have been forced to give up his Swiss citizenship – nothing came of this attempt.
One of Tschichold’s most important books appeared during this time. The “Master Book of Typefaces” reflects his 30-year occupation with typeface forms across the ages.
In 1955 Tschichold took a position as typographer at the Hoffmann-La Roche company in Basel. He received numerous recognitions and offers from all over Europe and the USA. His most widely read and translated book, “Arbitrary Measurement Relations of the Book Page”, first appeared in 1962 and would go through 18 editions.
At the beginning of 1967 Tschichold traveled to the USA and held talks in Chicago as well as at Harvard and Yale universities. While the older Tschichold typefaces designed for one of the first photo-typesetting machines remained unimportant, 1967 also saw the appearance of Sabon at Linotype, Stempel and Monotype, a typeface which would become a classic.
Jan Tschichold died on August 11, 1974, in Locarno, Switzerland.
Few have left deeper impressions on the typography of the last fifty years as Jan Tschichold. Although he only held a teaching position for 8 years during his youth, he continues to have an endless number of students. He cleared away the old typography of pre-1925 and made room for a modern, structured and regulated new typography.
One of Tschichold’s most important books appeared during this time. The “Master Book of Typefaces” reflects his 30-year occupation with typeface forms across the ages.
In 1955 Tschichold took a position as typographer at the Hoffmann-La Roche company in Basel. He received numerous recognitions and offers from all over Europe and the USA. His most widely read and translated book, “Arbitrary Measurement Relations of the Book Page”, first appeared in 1962 and would go through 18 editions.
At the beginning of 1967 Tschichold traveled to the USA and held talks in Chicago as well as at Harvard and Yale universities. While the older Tschichold typefaces designed for one of the first photo-typesetting machines remained unimportant, 1967 also saw the appearance of Sabon at Linotype, Stempel and Monotype, a typeface which would become a classic.
Jan Tschichold died on August 11, 1974, in Locarno, Switzerland.
Few have left deeper impressions on the typography of the last fifty years as Jan Tschichold. Although he only held a teaching position for 8 years during his youth, he continues to have an endless number of students. He cleared away the old typography of pre-1925 and made room for a modern, structured and regulated new typography.
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