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'''Frank Hinman Pierpont''' (b. 1860, [[New Haven, Connecticut]] – d. 1937, [[London, England]]) was an American engineer and [[type designer|typeface designer]] who worked primarily in England for [[Monotype Imaging| |
'''Frank Hinman Pierpont''' (b. 1860, [[New Haven, Connecticut]] – d. 1937, [[London, England]]) was an American engineer and [[type designer|typeface designer]] who worked primarily in England for [[Monotype Imaging|British Monotype]]. After training as a mechanic in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], Pierpont began employment in 1886 with a patent office where he worked on a typesetting machine. Leaving for Europe in 1894, by 1896 he became a director of Typograph Setzmachinen-Fabrik, a German manufacturor of typesetting machines. Beginnning in 1899 and continuing until 1936, a year before his death, Peirpont first helped to establish and then act as factory manager the Brittish branch of [[Lanston Monotype]] in [[Salfords]]. While working for Monotype he developed many type revivals of classic designs.<ref>Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. ''Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.'' Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. {{ISBN|1-57912-023-7}}..</ref> |
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==Typefaces designed F. H. Pierpont== |
==Typefaces designed F. H. Pierpont== |
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All faces cut by [[Monotype Imaging|British Monotype]]. |
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* '''[[Plantin (typeface)|Plantin]]''' (1913), with [[Fritz Steltzer]] |
* '''[[Plantin (typeface)|Plantin]]''' (1913), with [[Fritz Steltzer]] |
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* '''[[Horley Oldstyle (typeface)|Horley Oldstyle ]]''' (1925) |
* '''[[Horley Oldstyle (typeface)|Horley Oldstyle ]]''' (1925) |
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Frank Hinman Pierpont | |
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| Born | 1860 |
| Died | 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | typography |
| Notable work | Plantin |
Frank Hinman Pierpont (b. 1860, New Haven, Connecticut – d. 1937, London, England) was an American engineer and typeface designer who worked primarily in England for British Monotype. After training as a mechanic in Hartford, Connecticut, Pierpont began employment in 1886 with a patent office where he worked on a typesetting machine. Leaving for Europe in 1894, by 1896 he became a director of Typograph Setzmachinen-Fabrik, a German manufacturor of typesetting machines. Beginnning in 1899 and continuing until 1936, a year before his death, Peirpont first helped to establish and then act as factory manager the Brittish branch of Lanston Monotype in Salfords. While working for Monotype he developed many type revivals of classic designs.[1]
Typefaces designed F. H. Pierpont
All faces cut by British Monotype.
- Plantin (1913), with Fritz Steltzer
- Horley Oldstyle (1925)
- Monotype Grotesque (1926), an updating of the Berthold Type Foundry’s Ideal Grotesque.
- Bembo (1929) revival supervised by Pierpont and Alfred Fairbank.
- Rockwell (1934)
References
- Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
- ^ Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History. Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7..