Colin Brignall

Colin Brignall (* 1940 in Warwickshire , England ) is a British photographer, art director and type designer who designed numerous display fonts, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his writings have become very popular.

biography

Brignall initially worked as a press photographer, later as a fashion and advertising photographer. In 1964 he was hired as a photo technician by Letraset (today: Esselte Letraset) in London. During his work there he began to be interested in fonts and designed his first alphabets. From 1974 he worked as a type designer for Letraset, in 1980 he became Type Director of the company; later he also worked as a consultant for the International Typeface Corporation (ITC).

Awards

In 2000 he was - at the same time as Günter Gerhard Lange - winner of the TDC Medal of the Type Directors Club .

Fonts

Brignall has designed over 100 fonts to date, including:

• Countdown , 1965
• Aachen , 1969
• Premier , 1969/1970
• Revue , 1969
• Superstar , 1970
• Octopuss , 1970
• Italia , 1974
• Tango , 1975
• Victorian , 1976 (with Freda Sack )
• Dynamo Shadow , 1977 (with Alan Meeks )
• Harlow , 1977/1979
• Romic , 1979
• Corinthian , 1981/1983
• Jenson Old Style , 1982 (with Freda Sack)
• Edwardian , 1983
• Epokha , 1992
• Type Embellishments One , 1993 (with Michael Gills )
• ITC workshop , 1999
• Retro Bold , 1992 (with Andrew Smith)

Web links

• Brief curriculum vitae and list of publications (English)
• Press release on the award of the Medal TDC (English) ( Memento of 10 August 2008 at the Internet Archive )
• Golden Cockerel ( Memento of March 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Article about the"Golden Cockerel Roman" font developedby Eric Gill (English)