Profiles the work of this typographer allied with the Bauhaus. View many examples of her work and a complete biography.
Gallery offers a biography and exhibition resume for this multi-faceted artist and typographer who practiced Bauhaus principles for decades.
Access this file on Bayer and his work at the Bauhaus. Read an essay by on his contributions to the art of typography, download fonts.
Outlines this collection of materials held by the University of Maryland. Includes viewing hours and contact details.
Profiles the 17th-century type engraver noted for a series of roman and italic types called the "Roman du Roi," created for Louis XIV.
Profiles this enigmatic and anonymous work of Renaissance typography. View facsimile pages, text translations and essays on the work.
Focuses on the book work and typography of the Futurists, chiefly F.T. Marinetti. View examples of page layouts with explanations.
Recounts the tale of this 15th-century figure said to have conceived the notion of moveable type a dozen years before Gutenberg.
Offers a guide to the career of the typographer, graphic designer, and art director known for his popular typeface "Avant-Garde."
Read an article on the book and type designer whose work spanned Art Nouveau and Czech modernist abstraction. Link to other graphic arts pages.
Tribute to the graphic artist whose work with corporate logos made him famous. View logos and read commentary.
Offers a brief profile of the graphic artist known for his work on American magazines in the 1930s-'50s.
Former student offers a transcribed text of an interview he conducted with the graphic designer.
Read excerpts from Thompson's essay accompanying the appearance of his design for an alphabet combining upper and lower case characters.
Offers a profile of the mid-18th century British punchcutter and typographer. Link to digital examples of his work.
Read a letter on the future of type design from the dean of world type designers. Link to an organization dedicated to the art of books.