Fonts and Designers listed in Just My Type.

A book about fonts By Smon Gared Gotham Books 2011

ISBN 978-1-594-0652-4
(Note: I consdered these "mportant" fonts and desgners. Each st, Fonts & Desgners, s n ts own tabe and
can be sorted. Where there were banks n the tabes, I obtaned facts from Wkpeda.)
Fonts listed in Just My Type.
Page Font name Designer Year Comments
1 Steve |obs commssoned these for the rst Mac: Chcago, Toronto, Vence, Los Angees
4 Cabr
Century
Centaur
Frankn Gothc
Tmes New
Roman
Hevetca
G Sans
Frutger
Paatno
Garamond
Gotham
Wndsor
Gutenberg
Underground
These fonts are sted n the Introducton on
pages 4-8. The desgners were not sted.
5 Garamond Caude Garamond 1500s
9 Comc Sans Vncent Connare Went goba wth Wndows 95. Usefu for kds
15 Carendon Robvert Besey 1838, 1845 Heavy, forma.
20 Baskerve |ohn Baskerve, d.1775 Consdered "transtona" n stye between Cason
& Ddot.
Cut by |ohn Handy. Used by Ben|amn Frankn.
Revved n 1920s and 1950s as an advertsng
font.
23 Ara 10 person team Led by
Robn Nchoas & Patrca
Saunders
1982 Commssoned by Montype Typography
23 Tra|an Captas Caro Twomby By Adobe. Named after a Roman emperor.
24 Ddot Frmn Ddot 1784-1811 Book covers
24, 52 Bembo Francesco Grho c.1495 Readabe text for books, a favorte.
25 ITC Broso Pro
Itac Dspay
Robert Smbach ? Current By Adobe. Weddng nvtatons
36 Futura Pau Renner 1927
Fonts & Desgners p.1
52, 205 Bodon Gambattsta Bodon 1798 An od favorte, sophstcated, cassy, rened
magazne font
36 Akzdenz Grotesk German 1898 Berthod Type Foundry. A standard n the New
York Cty subway
36, FB 41 G Sans Erc G 1928 Commssoned by Staney Morson at Monotype
FB 63 Abertus Berthod Wope 1930s For Monotype. Expressve. Used for sgnage
68 Sne Roundhand Matthew Carter Party nvtatons.
68 Tahoma Marthew Carter For Ikea
FB 72 Futura & Verdana Sgnage
FB 85 Doves Thomas Cobden-
Sanderson
1900 Book font; He threw the font sets nto the
Thames.
FB 106 Mrs Eaves & Mr
Eaves
Zuzana Lcko 1996 Serf & Sans fonts.
124 Hevetca Max Mednger & Edward
Hohmann
1960 Swss. Wdespread use, ubqutous sgnage.
Brandng.
Theres a book and a move about t.
134 Unvers Adran Frutger 1957 Wdespread use as sgnage over Europe.
FB 139 Frutger Adran Frutger 1970s Sgns and drectons, perhaps the best.
143 Transport |ock Knner & Margaret
Cavert
1950s Roadway sgns n Brtan & the contnent.
Based on Akzdenz Grotesk
143 Interstate
Cearvew
1949 USA roadways
163 Dymo Roman Dymo Corporaton 1958 For the Dymo abe maker tapes
168 Harequn From Letraset Eaborate scrpt for greetng cards
189 Od German
Gothc
Fraktur
Orgna from Hoy
Roman Emperor
Maxman (1493-1519),
1500s Backface fonts.
FB 193 Futura Pau Renner 1924 Sgnage. Made n "the goden age of fonts."
199 Chetenham
(Chet)
1896 Cassc Amercan font
200 Frankn Gothc Morrs Fuer Benton 1905 An eary sans, not "gothc" n the European
sense. Good computer screen font.
205 Wabaum A great German font named for |ustus Erch
Wabaum, a German panter.
221 Ara For Mcrosoft Hevetca cone regarded as a cheat from
Fonts & Desgners p.2
Mcrosoft because of ts dentca sze to
Hevetca
FB 233 Optma Hermann Zapf A dspay Font; aso a text font but not n sma
szes.
FB 251 Sabon |an Tschchod 1960s Perhaps the most readabe font for books
261 Georga Matthew Carter Great for computer screens
FB 284 Vendome Francos Ganeau 1952 French
Designers listed in Just My Type. A book about fonts By Smon Gared Gotham Books 2011 ISBN 978-1-
594-0652-4
Page Designer Years Fonts Designed Other
1 Steve |obs 1980s
Chcago, Toronto, Vence, Los
Angees
Not a desgner, but hs Macntosh
computer created the greatest
revouton n typography snce
Gutenberg. He commssoned
these fonts, and others.
4 Caud Garamond 1500s Garamond Pars
4 Wam Cason
4, 65 Matthew Carter 1990s Verdana, Georga
4 Vncent Connare 1994 Comc Sans, (aso, Trebuchet) For Mcrosoft
11, 242 Staney Morson 1930s Tmes New Roman
19
Wam Addson
Dwggns
1935 Eectra Coned the term "Graphc Desgn."
26 |ohannes Gutenberg 1440s
Gothc typefaces based on scrbe
scrpt
Invented movabe type press
40 Erc G 1928
G Sans, Perpetua, |oanna,
Fecty, Sous
42 Barry Deck
47, 201 Frederc W. Goudy 1920s
Pabst Extra Bod, Goudy Od
Stye, Goudy Text
Amercan. Made 100+ font
desgns.
54 Zuzana Lcko current Mrs. Eaves & others Vanderans partner
54 Rudy Vanderans Current Lckos partner; co-found mgr
Fonts & Desgners p.3
type foundry.
57 Beatrce Ward 1920s, 1930s. Voce of Monotype Corp
63 Berthod Wope 1932 Abertus
78 De Spra Brothers 1460s Venetan German n Vence
79 Nchoas |enson 1458 Venetan French
79 Adus Manutus 1400s Venetan (xed |ensons)
Credted wth nventng the sem-
coon
80 Francesco Grho 1500 Bembo
81 Wam Caxton 1476 Caxton font used by Caxton.
Introduced sent etters from
Femsh. Stadardzed Engsh,
more. Wk
84 Edward Prnce 1900 Doves
89 Marcus Tro 63 BC
Credted wth makng the
Ampersand
92 Wam Cason 1720s Dutch Baroque stye Inuenced Baskerve & others.
97 |ohn Baskerve 1770s Baskerve Brmngham, Engand prnter
109 Edward |ohnson Underground
117 Ech Kono 1979 Underground
121
|ean Francos
Porchez
b.1964 Parsne A standard; founded Typofondere
134 Adran Frutger b.1928 Unvers & severa more
143 |ock Knner d.1994 Transport Wth Margaret Cavert
143 Margaret Cavert b.1936 Transport Wth |ock Knner
151 Davd Kndersey 1950s, d.1995 Stone cutter, font desgner. Brtsh, competed for Transport
167 Freda Sack 1960s
167 Mke Danes
167 Hermann Zapf b.1918
Paatno, Optma, Zapno,
Dotma, Zapf Dngbats, Meor,
Saphr
German typeface desgner.
167 Gudrun Zapf Current Brother & coeague of Hermann
167, 233 Herb Luban 1918-1981 Eros, Fact Amercan graphc desgner
233 Aaron Burns b. 1922 ITC Font Foundry co-founder Wrote "Typography" pub.1961
180 Erk Spekermann b.1947
FF Meta, ITC Omcna sans, ITC
omcna serf, FF Info
A egend n the graphc desgn
word.
185 Gunter Gerhard 1980 Akzdenz-Grotesk Book Rounded And other fonts.
Fonts & Desgners p.4
Lange
190 Pau Renner 1927 Futura Dened the modernst movement
192 Roger Excohon 1910-1983 Banco, Mstra, Antque Ove French; Fondere Ove desgner.
196 Archbad Benny 1790s Montceo
Bought Ben Frankns press.
Partner s |. Ronadson
196 |ames Ronadson 1790s Montceo Partner of Archbad Benny
199
Bertram Gosvenor
Goodhue
1896 Chetenham Partner was Ingas Kmba
199 Ingas Kmba 1896 Chetenham Partner to Bertram Goodhue
200 Morpes Fuer Benton1905 Frankn Gothc
204 Gam Battsta Bodon 1790s Bodn Credted wth "modern" fonts
204 Frmn Ddot 1790s Ddot Credted wth "modern" fonts
205
|ustus Erch
Wabaum
Wabaum
208 Tobas Frere-|ones 2000 Gotham Barak Obama campagn font
214 Mchae Mddeton 1948
Brtsh abor party terature
manfesto Soldiers of Lead
220 Max Mednger 1960 Hevetca Swss. b.1910, d.1980
249 |an Van Krmpen 1930s Montype Haaremmer (update)
251 |an Tschchod 1960s Sabon Lepzg
279 |m Parknson 1960s
|mbo, Baboa, Mo|o, Modesto,
Parknson
Desgned the Rong Stone
Masthead (Namepate)
282 |ohn Pst current Pst Roman
Redesgned Rong Stone
masthead
b.1925, d.2003; worked for
Hennessey.
284 Francos Ganeau 1952 Vendome Popuar, overused, n France
294 |onathan Barnbrook b. 1966
Brtsh, at the Vrus Foundry.
Record cover artwork; Davd Bowe
321 Mton Gasser current Baby Teeth, Gasser Stenc Made the "I |heart| New York" Logo
326
Rodrgo Xaver
Cavazos
Current Martn@|oes
Rus Psy/Ops type desgn studo
Contemporary, San Francsco
328 Luc(as) de Groot Current
Cabr
Thess famy of fonts.
Cabr made for Mcrosoft
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