Karlgeorg Hoefer

Karlgeorg Hoefer

male, deceased (2000)
Karlgeorg Hoefer was a German calligrapher and typographer. Hoefer was born in Schlesisch-Drehnow, now Drzonów, in Silesia. He taught typography a...
Reza Abbasi

Reza Abbasi

male, deceased (1635)
Agha Reza Reza-e Abbasi (also Reza Abbasi) (1565 - 1635) was the most renowned Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan School,...
Shen Zhou

Shen Zhou

male, deceased (1509)
Shen Zhou was born into a wealthy family in Xiangcheng, near the thriving city of Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, China. His genealogy traces his...
Michael Harvey

Michael Harvey

male
Michael Harvey is a British lettering artist whose skills include typography, calligraphy, drawing and carving. His work appears in many English...
Huai Su

Huai Su

male, deceased (799)
Huai Su, courtesy name Cangzhen (藏真), was a Buddhist monk and calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, famous for his cursive calligraphy. Less than 10 p...
Cai Xiang

Cai Xiang

male, deceased (1067)
Cai Xiang (born in Xianyou, Fujian in 1012, died in Xianyou 1067) is a Chinese calligrapher, scholar, official, architectural engineer, and poet....
Paul Renner

Paul Renner

male, deceased (1956)
Paul Renner was a typeface designer, most notably of Futura. He was born in Wernigerode, Germany and died in Hödingen. He was born in Prussia and h...

Timothy Botts

male
Timothy Botts is a noted calligrapher and illustrator. He has published several books containing calligraphic inscriptions of biblical passages. He...
Ouyang Xun

Ouyang Xun

male, deceased (641)
Ouyang Xun (557-641) was a Confucian scholar and calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty. He was born in Hunan, Changsha, to a family of government...