List of important typographers

This list contains the names of major typographers, living and deceased . If these typographers were or are also active as type designers, the most important typefaces they designed are also noted in italics.

A.

Aicher, Otl (Fonts: Rotis )
Arpke, Otto (Fonts: Arpke Antiqua )

B.

Baruch, Franzisca (writings: Stam and Schocken )
Baskerville, John (Fonts: Baskerville )
Bauer, Johann Christian
Bauer, Konrad Friedrich (Writings: Folio, Imprimatur )
Baum, Walter (Writings: Folio, Imprimatur )
Builder, Willi
Bayer, Herbert (Fonts: Bayer-Type )
Behrens, Peter (Fonts: Behrens-Schrift, Behrens-Fraktur, Behrens-Antiqua )
Benguiat, Ephram Edward (Fonts: Benguiat, Souvenir )
Benton, Linn Boyd
Benton, Morris Fuller
Bernhard, Lucian (Fonts: Lucian, Bernhard-Modern, Bernhard-Antiqua, -Schönschrift, etc.)
Berthold, Hermann
Bill, Max
Blumenthal, Joseph (Fonts: Monotype Emerson )
Bodoni, Giambattista (Fonts: Bodoni )
Bohn, Hans (Writings: Mondial )
Boom, Irma
Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (Fonts: Breitkopf Fraktur )
Brody, Neville

C.

D.

Derriey, Charles
Didot, Firmin
Didot, François Ambroise
van Dijck, Christoffel
Oarlocks, tanning (writings: Actium )
Dreyfus, John G.
Dürer, Albrecht
Dwiggins, Williams Addison (Fonts: Metroblack, Metrolite )

E.

Ehmcke, Fritz Helmuth (writings: Ehmcke-Latin, -Fraktur, -Rustika, etc.)
Honestly, Franz
Erbar, Jakob (Writings: Candida, Erbar-Grotesk )
Excoffon, Roger (Fonts: Choc, Mistral, Diane, Banco, Calypso, Antique Olive )

F.

Faulhaber, Erik (Fonts: Frutiger Next, Compatil, Milano, Vialog )
Fleischmann, Gerd
Fleischmann, Johann Michael (Fonts: Fleischmann Antiqua, Fleischmann Gotisch Duyts )
Frutiger, Adrian (Fonts: Méridien, Univers, Egyptienne F, Concorde, Serifa, OCR-B, Roissy, Métro, Frutiger, Avenir )
Fournier, Pierre Simon 1737, treatise on "The Typographical Measure"; (Fonts: variable types for printing music notes, Renaissance Antiqua, Fournier Monotype )
Friedlaender, Henri (Writings: Hadassah )

G

Garamond, Claude (Writings: Garamond )
Gill, Eric (Fonts: Gill Sans , Perpetua, Joanna )
Goudy, Frederic William (Fonts: Goudy Old Style )
Grasset, Eugène (Font: Grasset )
Griffo, Francesco (Fonts: Bembo, Poliphilus, Griffo )
Groot, Lucas de (Fonts: Thesis Family [The Sans, The Mix, The Serif], The Antiqua, Sun, Spiegel Sans, Corpid )
Gutenberg, Johannes (inventor of the printing press )

H

Hammer, Victor (Fonts: Hammer Unziale, Samson, Pindar, American Unziale, Andromatique )
Haus, Reinhard (writings: Guardi )
Heine, Frank
Hochuli, Jost

I.

Isbell, Richard (Writings: Americana, Isbell )
Ivir, Milo (Fonts: Gotharda )

J

Jannon, Jean (baroque fonts, forefather of some digital "Garamond" derivatives)
Jenson, Nicolas (Writings: Jenson )
Johnston, Edward (Fonts: Hamlet-Type, Imprint )

K

Kapr, Albert (Fonts: Faust-Antiqua, Faust-Kursiv, Leipziger Antiqua, Leipziger Kursiv, Magma Cyrillic, Prillwitz Antiqua and Italic )
Kis, Mikolós Tótfalusi (Fonts: Kis-Antiqua [often incorrectly also: Janson] )
Klingspor, Karl
Koch, Rudolf (writings: Neuland, Kabel, Claudius, Koch-Fraktur, Koch-Antiqua, Wallau, Frühling )
van Krimpen, Jan (Writings: Haarlemmer, Spectrum )
Kroeger, Craig (Fonts: hooge, kroeger, standard )

L.

Lange, Günter Gerhard (Fonts: Solemnis, Boulevard, Champion, Concorde, AG Buch, Franklin-Antiqua, Berthold Script, Berthold Imago, Bodoni Old Face )
Lange, Karl-Heinz (writings: "Publica")
Lutz, Hans-Rudolf (pictograms, lettering)

M.

Majoor, Martin (Writings: FF Scala )
Manutius, Aldus
Mardersteig, Giovanni (Fonts: Dante, Zeno, Griffo )
Meier, Hans Eduard (Fonts: Syntax )
Mendoza y Almeida, José (writings: Pascal, Photina )
Menhart, Aldrich
Meyer, Erich
Middleton, Robert Hunter (Writings: Eusebius, Delphian Open Title, Record Gothic, Tempo )
Miedinger, Max (Fonts: Helvetica )
Möllenstädt, Bernd (Font: Formata )
Morison, Stanley (Fonts: Times New Roman )
Morris, William

N

Novarese, Aldo (writings: Augustea, Microgramma, Stop, Novarese )

P

Plantin, Christoph
Plata, Walter
Pool, Albert-Jan (Fonts: URW Imperial, URW Linear, URW Mauritius, FF DIN , FF-OCR-F )
Post, Herbert (Fonts: Post-Antiqua, Post-Fraktur, Dynamic )
Pott, Gottfried
Prillwitz, Johann Carl Ludwig

R.

Reiner, Imre (writings: Symphonie, Corvinus )
Renner, Paul (Fonts: Futura, Ballade, Renner-Antiqua )
Rogers, Bruce (Fonts: Centaur, Arrighi )
Rohse, Otto
Rudder, Emil

S.

Salden, Georg (font: Polo GST )
Schmid, Helmut
Schmidt, Wolfgang
Schmidt, Joost
Schmidt Rhen, Helmut
Schneidler, Friedrich Hermann Ernst (Fonts: Schneidler-Schwabacher, Schneidler Fraktur, Werklatein, German-Roman, legend, Zentenar Fraktur, Schneidler-Mediaeval, Amalthea )
Schöffer, Peter ("successor" of Gutenberg)
Schönsperger, Johann
Schuitema, Paul
Schwerdtner, Willy (Writings: Mundus )
Schüle, Ilse (Writings: Rhapsodie )
Sichowsky, Richard von
Slimbach, Robert (Fonts: Adobe Garamond, Minion, Slimbach, Poetica, Myriad [in collaboration with Carol Twombly], Adobe Jenson )
Spiekermann, Erik (Fonts: FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit, DB Type )
Spitzer, Moshe
Stone, Sumner (Fonts: Stone Sans, Stone Informal, Silica )

T

Tiemann, Walter (Fonts: Tiemann-Mediaeval, Orpheus, Daphnis, Gothic, Tiemann-Antiqua, Kleist-, Fichte-Fraktur )
Thannhaeuser, Herbert
Torniello, Francesco (published the first written geometric specification of a font for Latin letters in 1517 )
Tschichold, Jan (Writings: Sabon )
Trump, Georg (writings: City [1930], Trump Deutsch [1935], Schadow [1937–1945]; Delphin [1951 I / 1955 II], Trump Mediaeval [1954–1962], Codex [1955], Time Script [1956 ], Jaguar [1964] )
Twombly, Carol (Fonts: Lithos, Trajan, Charlemagne, Caslon [Adobe], Myriad [in collaboration with Robert Slimbach] )

U

Unger, Gerard (writings: Demos, Praxis, Flora, Swift, Amerigo )
Unger, Johann Friedrich (Fonts: Unger Fraktur )

W.

Wagner, Leonhard
Walbaum, Justus Erich (Fonts: Walbaum, Walbaum Fraktur )
Weidemann, Kurt (publications: Biblica / ITC Weidemann [1979/1983], Corporate ASE [1985–89] )
Weingart, Wolfgang
Weiß, Emil Rudolf (Fonts: Weiß-Antiqua, Rundgotisch )
Willberg, Hans Peter
Wolf, Rudolf (Writings: Memphis )
Wolpe, Berthold (Fonts: Hyperion, Albertus, Tempest, Sachsenwald, Pegasus, Decorata )
Wunderlich, Gert (Fonts: Antiqua 58, Maxima )

Z

Zapf, Hermann (Fonts: Gilgengart, Palatino, Melior, Optima, Comenius, Zapf Chancery, Zapf-Dingbats, Zapfino )
Zapf-von Hesse, Gudrun (writings: Diotima [1952], Smaragd [1953], Ariadne [1954], Shakespeare [1968], Carmina [1986], Nofret [1986], Alcuin [1991], Christiana [1991], Colombine [1991] )
Zwart, Piet

Web links

Hans Reichardt, Otmar Hoefer: Overview of the international type designers. Klingspor-Museum , Offenbach am Main, accessed on October 29, 2012 (list of over 4,000 type artists and type designers with background information, PDF).