John Type

John Type

male, 37 years old
John Type (b. c. 1972) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Type grew up in Chitungwiza, and began work as an assistant to Kennedy Migeal in 1989. After a...
Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

male, 29 years old
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980 as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. The son...
Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

male
Alexander Wilson was a Scottish type-maker and punch-cutter. He started a type-founding business in 1741. In 1748 he was appointed type-founder to...
David Keirsey

David Keirsey

male
David West Keirsey, PhD (b. August 31, 1921, Oklahoma), is an internationally renowned psychologist, a professor emeritus at California State...

Richard Kegler

male
Richard Kegler is the founding partner of P22 type foundry, which originated in 1994 as an outgrowth of his Master’s thesis project on Marcel Du...
Tobias Frere-Jones

Tobias Frere-Jones

male
Mr. Frere-Jones received his B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. In 2000 he began work with Jonathan Hoefler in New York. He has...
Dard Hunter

Dard Hunter

male, deceased (1966)
Dard Hunter, born William Joseph Hunter, was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking—especially by hand, using the tools and cr...
Jesica Santillan

Jesica Santillan

female, deceased (2003)
Jesica Santillan (December 26, 1985 - February 22, 2003) was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who entered the United States to obtain medical...
Philippe Grandjean

Philippe Grandjean

male
Philippe Grandjean (in modern French spelled Grandjon) (1666-1714) was a French type engraver notable for his series of Roman and italic types...
Ulrich Zell

Ulrich Zell

male, deceased (1503)
Ulrich Zell was the first printer of Cologne. He was born at Hanau-on-the-Main, date unknown; he died about 1503. He learned the art of printing...