Carol Twombly
Carol Twombly (born June 13, 1959 in Concord , Massachusetts , USA ) is an American font designer .
She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and at Stanford University in California . In 1984 she was awarded the first prize for their font Mirarae at the company Morisawa in Japanese Osaka . She also designs fonts for the American company Adobe (for example Caslon, Charlemagne, Trajan and Lithos).
Fonts
- Mirarae (1984)
- Charlemagne (1989)
- Lithos (1989) : For this font consisting only of capital letters, Twombly was inspired by ancient Greek fonts.
- Adobe Trajan (1989)
- Adobe Caslon (1990)
- Myriad (1992) : The designer created this font together with Robert Slimbach . The cut corresponds to that of an Antiqua, only the font has no serifs . The font is now also available in Cyrillic and Greek letters and in many different weights.
- Viva (1993)
- Nueva (1994)
- Chaparral (1997) : With this typeface, Twombly set himself the goal of uniting a traditional book font from the 16th century with accentuated serifs from the 19th century.
Web links
- Carol Twombly , font sample from the Klingspor Museum (PDF; 1 MB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Twombly, Carol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American font designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Concord , Massachusetts , USA |