Christian Schwartz (font designer)

Christian Schwartz (2008)

Christian Schwartz (born  December 30, 1977 in Concord, New Hampshire ) is an American type designer . He became known through his collaboration with Erik Spiekermann (FF Meta Serif, FF Unit, corporate font for Bosch ). The DB Type font , which Schwartz designed together with Spiekermann for Deutsche Bahn , was awarded the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Live and act

Schwartz is studying communication design at Carnegie Mellon University. After that he worked for Meta-Design in Berlin for a few months. During this time, for example, he helped design the fonts for Volkswagen . Back in the USA , he initially worked for the Boston-based Font Bureau before setting up on his own in 2001.

Fonts

Amplitude , 2003 Atlas , 1993 FF Bau , 2002 Bosch , 2004 (with Erik Spiekermann) DB Type for Deutsche Bahn , 2005 (with Erik Spiekermann) Eero , 2003 (refers to Eero Saarinen ) Elroy , 1993 Farnham , 2004 Flywheel , 1992 Fritz , 1997 Guardian Egyptian , 2004 (with Paul Barnes) Hairspray , 1994 Harrison , 2002 Houston , 2003 Casa Latino! , 1999 Local Gothic , 2006 Los Feliz , 2001 Luxury , 2006 (with Dino Sanchez) FF Meta Headline , 2006 (with Erik Spiekermann & Joshua Darden) Morticia , 1995 Neutraface , 2002 Neutraface Slab , 2009 FF Oxide , 2005 Pennsylvania , 2000 Popular , 2004 Simian , 2001 Stag , 2005 Symantec , 2003 (with Conor Mangat) FF Unit , 2003 (with Erik Spiekermann)

Web links

• Designer's website: Schwartzco Inc.
• Detailed font samples of the DB Type at www.urwpp.de (PDF; 1.16 MB)
• Information on DB Type in the font blog
• Biography and list of fonts on FontFont.com (English)
• Reasons for awarding the German Design Prize at www.designpreis.de (PDF file; 233 kB)
• Press release from Deutsche Bahn AG on the occasion of the award of the design prize ( memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )