List of type designers

A type designer (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a typographer), is a person who designs typefaces. A partial list of type designers follows by country, with a signature typeface (or two for significant designers).

"Typographers" redirects here. For the machines, see Typographer (typewriter).

Australia

Brazil

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark
  • Mads Rydahl (Planet Kosmos)[4]

France

Germany

Greece
  • Takis Katsoulidis
  • Panagiotis Charatzopoulos[5]
  • Irene Vlachou
  • Eleni Beveratou
  • Kostas Bartsokas[6]
  • Giannis Karlopoulos
  • Aggelos Bakas
  • Hector Haralambous
  • Haris Tsevis
  • Vassilis Georgiou[7]
  • Panos Vassiliou[8]
  • George Triantafyllakos[9][10]

Israel

Italy


Japan
  • Ryoichi Tsunekawa (Bebas Neue)

Netherlands
  • Evert Bloemsma (FF Balance, FF Cocon, FF Avance, FF Legato)
  • Jos Buivenga (Anivers, Calluna, Delicious, Diavlo, Fontin, Fertigo, Museo, Questa)
  • Wim Crouwel (Catalogue, Fodor, Gridnik, New Alphabet, Stedelijk)
  • Bram de Does (TEFF Trinité, TEFF Lexicon)
  • Dick Dooijes (Nobel, Contura, Lectura, Rondo, Mercator)
  • Lucas de Groot (Thesis, TheAntiqua, Corpid, Calibri)
  • Jan van Krimpen (Spectrum, Romanée, Romulus, Haarlemmer, Lutetia, Cancellaresca Bastarda)
  • Martin Majoor (FF Scala, FF Scala Sans, Telefont, FF Seria, FF Seria Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Mix)
  • Gerrit Noordzij (TEFF Burgundica, TEFF Ruse)
  • S.H. de Roos (aka Sjoerd de Roos (Hollandsche Mediæval, Grotius, Egmont, Libria, De Roos, Zilvertype)
  • Fred Smeijers (OurType, Arnhem, Fresco, Sansa, DTL Nobel, TEFF Renard, FF Quadraat)
  • Gerard Unger (Allianz, Amerigo, ANWB fonts, DTL Argo, Big Vesta, Capitoleum, Capitoleum News, Coranto, Decoder, Delftse Poort, Demos, Flora, Gulliver, Hollander, Markeur, M.O.L., Oranda, DTL Paradox, Praxis, Swift, Swift 2.0, Vesta)
  • Albert-Jan Pool (FF DIN, URW Imperial, URW Linear, Mauritius I, FF OCR-F, Jet Set Sans, DTL HEIN GAS, Regenbogen Bold)

New Zealand

Portugal
  • Brígida Guerreiro (Kobu Foundry: Akuto, Kaito, Okaasan Serif, Sakasu Display, Tsuku Sans)
  • Catarina Vaz (R-Typography Sul Stencil with Rui Abreu)
  • Dino dos Santos (DSType Prelo, Aparo, Acta, Breve, Mafra, Jornada, Nitida, Prumo, Solido, Torio…)
  • Fábio Duarte Martins (Uivo, Optician, Catorze27, Eletrica, Grafista)
  • Francisco Torres (R-Typography Gliko Modern, with Rui Abreu and Catarina Vaz)
  • Hugo d’Alte (Kaas)
  • Joana Correia (Artigo, Laca, Lemongrass, Alga)
  • João Miranda (BIG, Calma, Adfuel, Phuc)
  • João Symington (JT Douro, Ludema)
  • Joel Vilas Boas (Piolin, Hotel)
  • Jorge dos Reis
  • Luís Bandovas (NovaType Epura; Black Foundry Liszt; Latinotype Majora & Autor)
  • Manuel Pereira da Silva (MPS Rotunda) (deceased)
  • Mário Feliciano (FTF Flama, Grotezc, Eudald, Garda, Marcin Antique, Mazagan, Merlo, Rongel, Stella, …)
  • Miguel Sousa (Adobe Vortice, Source; HTW Gothic Round)
  • Natanael Gama (Exo, Cinzel, Arima, Mastro, Worker, Bruta, Nazaré, Genica)
  • Nuno Dias (Meteoric)
  • Olinda Martins (Bazaar)
  • Pedro Leal (DSType Rude, Braga, Penna, Mafra, User, Jules, Solido, Torio… ; TCF Diple, Zellige, Plastico)
  • Rafael Serra
  • Ricardo Santos (Vanarchiv Lisboa, Gazeta, Noveau, Xaloc, Van, Lab, Sonae, Grafia; TDL Ruha and Aquino with Tipos das Letras; Tiponautas Aircrew)
  • Rúben Dias (Taca)
  • Rui Abreu (R-Typography Flecha, Gliko, Staff, Pathos, Sul, Grifo (Grifito & Grifinito), Gira, Usual, Azo, Signo, Aria, Orbe; TDL Aquino with Ricardo Santos)
  • Sónia Rocha
  • Susana Carvalho (Kai-Bernau Access)
  • Vitória Neves (STF Klapt, Coolkids, Kamila)

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Thailand
Main article: Thai typography § People

United Kingdom

United States

Yemen

Computer typeface creators

This is a list of creators of computer typefaces, usually distributed in TrueType format. Many of these designers also design shareware or commercial fonts as well.

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