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The type designer I chose is Paul Renner he was an graphic artist, type designer, author, and teacher from Germany in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. As he started his artistic road he began in the study of architecture and painting in Berlin, which led him to work as a painter. Then he cofounded a private school of illustration in Munich. He was also the designer behind the typefaces Futura, Plak, Futura Black, Futura Schlagzeile, Ballade, Renner Antiqua, and Steile Futura. These typefaces are still being used today in big movie titles.

Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. Many of the characters he writes about are people from his extended family and friends and neighbors from his child hood and later

Graphic design set its first roots in Germany in 1455 with the introduction of the Blackletter typeface and Johannes Gutenberg’s Gutenberg Bible. Coined as the godfather of printing Gutenberg helped to spread Blackletter in popularity. With the advent of Martin Luther’s New Testament, however, a schism was created between those that chose to use

In the 1990s there was a new art movement that change the era of typography it was called the Grunge Typography. Grunge typography has become more popular during the 90s and it appeared to be a very messy and chaotic kind of design. Words, Textures, backgrounds that formed posters and ads for various things were designed in a very interesting and different typography style. The father of the grunge typography was an art director named David Carson. David Carson was known for designing various magazines and he became well known for his experimental, deconstructive typographic designs and art direction for Ray Gun magazine.

In studying the history of typedesign, it has become apparent that the majority of type designers in earlier history were men. Today, there are scores of women practicing type design, with their areas of focus ranging from digital fonts to calligraphy. Carol Twombly is a present-day type designer whose typographical achievements have gained recognition on both a national and international level. Twombly began her schooling at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she started off studying sculpture, and later shifted her focus to graphic design. Her formal education continued at Stanford University, where she graduated with Masters of Science degrees in computer science and typographic design. Beginning in 1988, Twombly worked

The typeface I chose for this research is Times New Roman. I like this typeface out of all the other. You can use this font in many different ads, magazine, books, and etc. this font was first evented in Times New Roman is a Transitional serif typeface designed by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent. It was released through Monotype in 1931. The design was based off Plantin , but with a renewed focus on legibility and economy to better meet the needs of newspaper typography. Times New Roman is one of the most ubiquitous typefaces of the digital publishing age due to it being the default font for numerous word processing applications and web browsers. In Times New Roman's name, Roman is a reference to the regular style of a conventional serif font. Times New Roman was a metal type created in the late sixteenth century by the French artisan Robert Granjon

Frederic Goudy was born on March 8, 1965 in Bloomington Illinois. He is one of the most prolific typeface artists we have ever known. Creating over 100 typefaces over the course of his career including Garamond, Goudy Old Style and Kennerly. Goudy was the only one of his generation to devote his career solely to creating type design. In 1903 in Park Ridge Illinois Goudy started the company Village Press. In 1904 he moved to Massachusetts and again to New York in 1906. There were several more moves before he finally settled in 1923 in Marlboro, New York where in 1939 the workshop burned down. Goudy passed away on May 11, 1947 in Marlboro, New York but his artistry is still alive and in use today.

Bigman, A. 2012 4 Principles by Paul Rand that may Surprise You. Accessed from [20th April, 2013]

He was labeled a terrible graphic designer in the nineties. His agonized typography drove a clique of critics to indict him of not being serious and of destroying the origins and foundation of communication design. Now, the work and techniques of David Carson dominates design, advertising, the Web, and even motion pictures.

Considered one of the most influential typographers in history, John Baskerville made a significant mark on the world of print and type founding. Although considered a failure at printing during his lifetime he produced

Rudy VanderLans. It is a digital type foundry that “holds exclusive license to over 300

Soon after he joined Ray Gun, a rock and roll magazine for about three years and during that time their subscribers tripled. While there, Carson designed a layout for an article about Bryan Ferry, an English musician. This article became infamous for his use of type. Carson had a way of approaching design; he felt it should come from within and be intuitive, while reflecting emotions, thoughts and views. When reading this article and trying to interpret it, Carson felt it was rather dull. After looking through many various kinds of fonts he could not find one that fit his interpretations. Eventually he settled with Zapf Dingbats- a font created by the typographer Herman Zapf in 1978 which consists

Herb Lubalin was an American graphic designer, born in New York, March 17, 1918 and died March 17, 1981. He entered Cooper Union at age of 17 and he became entranced in the possibilities presented by typography (history graphic design). He practiced his considerable skills and attracted an array of designs when he worked with Sudler and Hennessey for 18 years. Lubalin had his own private studio in 1964 and this gave him the freedom to do a range of projects. Also, he created his first typeface called Pistilli Roman in1964. He worked for magazines published by Ralph Ginzburg: Eros, Fact, and Avant Garde (history graphic design). The International Typeface Corporation was a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin, and Edward Rondthaler.

Milton Glaser: Taking inspiration from the history of art and graphic design, Glaser created a new style of graphic communication that combines visual and intellectual concepts.

He also worked at freelance in London between 1972 up to 1979. He is a member of the German Design Council board and past president of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) and the International Institute for Information Design (IIID). He is also a professor at the University of the Arts in Bremen and he received an honorary doctorate from Pasadena Center of Art. As a typographer, he has made many accomplishments in his life such as being the founder of the following typefaces: FF Meta, ITC Officina, Lo-Type, FF Unit, Berliner Grotesk, FF Info and many more.