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Typographers

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João Köche (1874 - 1919)
Helen Rae Fleming-Koppenheffer (1935 - 2015)
Helen Rae Fleming Koppenheffer, 79, of Wamego, Kansas, died Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center. She was a life-long resident of the area. Helen was born April 27,1935, in...
Claes Georg Hakon Haak (1879 - 1944)
Residence : Between 1898 and 1907 - Landala 7:de qvarteret huset N:o 10, Göteborgs Domkyrkoförsamling, Göteborgs och Bohus, Västergötland, Sweden** Reference: Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1...
Torsten Sigvard Haak (1911 - 1963)
Haak, Torsten Sigvard Blekingegatan 32 Stockholm Död 28/6 1963. Kyrkobokförd i Katarina, Stockholms stad (Stockholms stad, Södermanland). Född 13/6 1911 i Göteborgs Masthugg (Göteborgs och Bohus län, V...
Torsten Johannes Natanael Haak (1886 - 1929)
18860131 Haak, Torsten Johannes Bläsebo Död 17/8 1929. Kyrkobokförd i Angered (Älvsborgs län, Västergötland). Född 31/1 1886 i Göteborgs domkyrkoförs (Göteborgs och Bohus län, Västergötland). Gift man ...

A type designer, also called a typographer, is a person who designs typefaces.

Listed below are some famous type designers who have been important in the art, craft and utility of the printed word.

Johan Gutenberg
Herman Zapf (1918-2015). His typefaces include Palatino and Optima.
Heinrich Jost (1889-1948) Director of Bauer Type Foundry
Claude Garamond (ca. 1505-1561)
Paul Renner (1927-) His typefaces include Futura.
Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) His typefaces include Bodoni
Adrian Frutiger (1928-2015)
Max Miedinger (1910-1980). His typefaces include Helvetica.
John Baskerville (1706-1775) His typefaces include Baskerville.
Matthew Carter (1937-) His typefaces include Verdana, Tahoma and Georgia
William Caslon (1692/93-1766) His typefaces include Caslon.
Eric Gill (1882-1940) His typefaces include Gill Sans, and Perpetua.
Ed Benguit (1927-). He designed over 600 typefaces including Bookman, and ITC Benguiat
Morris Fuller Benton (1872-1948)
Vincinte Connaire (1960-) Typefaces include Comic Sans, Trebuchet MS, Webdings, Marlett, Microsoft.
Oswald Bruce Cooper (1879-1940) His typefaces include Cooper Black
Frederic Goudy (1864-1947). Tpefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Kennerly, and Goudy Old Style.
R. Hunter Middleton
Herbert Bayer