“A writer should be a joyous optimist. Anything that implies rejection of life is wrong for a writer”. George Gribbin George Gribbin was born was born in Nashville, Mich., and was Phi Beta Kappa when he graduated from Stanford University in 1929. He then worked as a copywriter for a number of department stores –…

Trump was a professor from 1927-1930 at the Trades and Crafts School in Bielefeld and, with Paul Renner and Jan Tschichold, taught type design and typography. For the following four years he served as director of the Higher Graphic School in Berlin and designed fonts for H. Berthold AG. From 1934–53, Trump succeeded Paul Renner…

“A graphic designer in the advertising business.” Mild-mannered, soft-spoken. A proponent of a direct, no-gimmicks approach to typography, which is fitting and appropriate for advertising and sales messages. His work illustrates the power of simple, concise, and clear graphic solutions. Referring to centered typography, Federico said, “Why do they do that? This is a message…

To typographers, Mr. Craw is best known for his many type designs commissioned by American Type Founders Company. Among these are Craw Clarendon, Craw Clarendon Book, Craw Clarendon Condensed, Craw Modern, Craw Modern Bold, Craw Modern Italic and Ad Lib. His newest typefaces, primarily designed for photocomposition, include Canterbury, Chancery Cursive, Classic and CBS Sans.…

A select group of magazine editors, designers, and other denizens of publishings late hours will remember Fred Woodward this way: sitting in his darkened office, staring silently at the raw materials of his tradean image, a headlineand waiting. Andie Zellman, an editor who worked with him in the early 1980s atWestwardmagazine, described the state as…

Countless people are probably asking themselves the following question: “Who the heck is Frank Zachary?” If ever there was an unsung hero who totally epitomizes the specialized craft of magazine editing and art direction, or as he puts it, “graphic journalism,” Frank Zachary is that hero. He is living proof of the old geometry theorem,…

One of the founders of the club, he originated the term “type director” to give the role a more professional standing; he was in 1946 the TDC’s first President, followed by two additional presidencies in 1961 and 1962; and served as tireless chairman of many TDC committees. Director of Typography for J. Walter Thompson for…

With her background in languages and her PhD in Indian Palaeography (SOAS), Fiona Ross began working at Linotype in the United Kingdom in 1978. She became Linotype’s first female manager when she assumed leadership of the non-Latin typographic department with responsibility for the design of their non-Latin fonts and typesetting schemes. Under her leadership, Linotype…

As the founder and creative director of Baron & Baron, Fabien Baron has crafted identities for the fashion, cosmetic and fragrance worlds most visible and influential brands. Barons singular vision is evident in a broad range of award-winning advertising campaigns, package designs, logos and graphics. Baron has also applied his talents to the design of…

The genius of Erik Nitsche encompasses virtually the entire sphere of visual communications. I would put him on the top-ten list of the best 20th-century designers in the world, said Michael Aron, graphic artist and professor at the Parsons School of Design. Nitsche’s prodigious and globe-straddling career, spanning nearly 60 years, included art direction, book…