5 History of Type Designers

1. Adrian Frutiger

 Produced some of the best know typefaces, born in 1928. Designer of typefaces for modernist movement, famous for univers.

Phoebus (1953) Ondine (1954) Méridien (1955) Egyptienne (1956)Univers (1956)Apollo (1962)Serifa (1967)OCR-B (1968)Iridium (1975)Frutiger (1975)Glypha (1979)Icone (1980)Breughel (1982)Versailles (1982)Avenir (1988)Vectora (1990)

http://typophile.com/node/12118

http://www.linotype.com/720/adrianfrutiger.html

http://www.identifont.com/show?110

http://www.myfonts.com/person/Adrian_Frutiger/

 2. Jean François Porchez

 Modern type designer with a catalogue of very popular typefaces. Also worked for major corporations and celebrity publications.

 http://typofonderie.com/search

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Porchez

 http://vimeo.com/7836574

 http://www.fontbureau.com/people/JeanFrancoisPorchez/

 

3. James T Edmondson

Has created several modern scripts. Very popular, but not my favourite typefaces.The instant recognition and overuse of fonts like wisdom script lead to its almost immediate loss of popularity amongst designers. He has however made some other decorative fonts, mostly for headers.

http://jamestedmondson.com/

http://blog.jamestedmondson.com/

http://metafizzy.co/blog/logotype-james-edmondson/

http://designspiration.net/image/67278/

http://typography-daily.com/2012/05/03/lettering-by-james-t-edmondson/

4. Max Miedinger

Designer of what may be the most popular and recognisable typeface of all time; Helvetica. Was a cutting edge Swiss type designer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwIy0enG6uU

http://www.myfonts.com/person/Max_Miedinger/

http://www.identifont.com/show?16O

http://maxmiedinger.com/

http://www.linotype.com/522/maxmiedinger.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Miedinger

 5. Craig Ward

Self proclaimed 'Typographic Illustrator', works with experimental typography mearging image and text as well as photography type. 

http://www.flylyf.com/typography-craig-ward/

http://www.wordsarepictures.co.uk/

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/interviews/craig-ward