Designer Profiles

	The Monotype Imaging Typeface Library is the result of an active collaboration between one of the world's largest digital type foundries and the many talented typeface designers who provide fonts to us. At the heart of this library, however, is always the type designer. To find out more about the designers who have created fonts for Monotype Imaging—and to see their work—click below.

Hans Bacher
Probably the only type designer that is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jill Bell
Jill Bell’s typefaces are exuberant, exotic, stylish–and downright delightful.

Lars Bergquist
Lars Bergquist has worked in publishing and printing since 1963.

David Berlow
A member of the New York Type Directors Club and the Association Typographique International.

Bo Berndal
Bo Berndal started his career in the composing room during World War II.

Frank E. Blokland
From an award-winning start, famed Dutch designer Frank E. Blokland has achieved notoriety as a designer who is committed to excellence.

Albert Boton
Boton has designed beautiful logotypes and custom alphabets for many multi-national companies.

Philip Bouwsma
Synthesizes contemporary type styles with traditional and historic scripts.

Leslie Cabarga
An illustrator, type designer, lettering artist, author, former underground cartoonist and the typographic rebel of his second grade class.

Matthew Carter
Carter has resolved the tension of producing a utilitarian thing with tight construction constraints while including part of himself in each finished work.

Carl Crossgrove
Carl feels most gratified by seeing the typeface used as intended.

Ray Cruz
Ray has received over 30 graphic and type design awards for his work.

Jean-Renaud Cuaz
Cuaz has created more than 25 typefaces.

Éric de Berranger
Éric has created everything from classic text faces to cutting-edge display designs.

Julius de Goede
Julius de Goede is a Dutch designer, typographer and educator.

Chank Diesel
Chank Diesel’s work stands out because of his range–and his humor.

Timothy Donladson
Donaldson has added more than two-dozen faces and families to the ITC typeface library.

Jean Evans
Her training includes an introduction to drawn letters and calligraphy.

David Farey
The principle of House Design, a full service studio that specializes in publication design.

Ken Gitschier
Typographer by day, typographer by night.

Holly Goldsmith
Her intricate drawing style naturally lends itself to the detailed and painstaking process of designing letterforms.

Tomi Haaparanta
Haaparanta’s slightly irreverent sense of humor sneaks into his typeface designs.

Lennart Hansson
Lennart Hansson began designing letterforms at the age of 20.

Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey’s accomplishments speak volumes. His most recent type design, Mentor, pays tribute to the influences that started him on his path.

Franck Jalleau
He designs type and creates fonts for the French Imprimerie Nationale.

Teri Kahan
Teri Kahan has turned her passion for drawing, for the ocean and for all things Hawaiian into a vibrant, award-winning career as a graphic artist, type designer, teacher and fine artist.

Rae Kaiser
Rae Kaiser specializes in quirky, handwriting fonts. She has also created a series of icons and playful picture fonts to accompany her type designs.

Carol Kemp
Kemp’s typefaces aren’t serious – at least, they’re not serious-looking.

Sebastian Lester
Lester began his career with letters after graduating with honors from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

Rob Leuschke
Rob Leuschke enjoys continued success as a lettering artist and graphic designer with emphasis on typography and hand-lettering.

Jean Lochu
Jean Lochu is a type designer with roots and training deep in classical tradition.

Gérard Mariscalchi
Mariscalchi brings a touch of French elegance and distinction to all his work.

Steve Matteson
Steve Matteson’s business card displays his title as follows: “Font Cowboy.”

Rod McDonald
McDonald also writes a column on typography for Applied Arts magazine.

Steve Mehallo
Mehallo enjoys mixing retro design with post modern elements.

Alexis Merlault
Alexis Merlault lives, works, and draws beautiful typefaces in France.

Robin Nicholas
Nicholas’s career path took a turn when he joined the Monotype Type Drawing Office in 1965.

Joe Nicholson
After working in several studio environments, he launched his own design company.

Olivier Nineuil
French graphic and type designer Olivier Nineuil originally trained as a fine artist.

Jim Parkinson
Parkinson designs typefaces primarily for print, rather than electronic display.

Mat Planet
What began as a set of phonetic doodles over time evolved into the three styles in the Planet family.

Thierry Puyfoulhoux
Thierry Puyfoulhoux studied calligraphy and typography at the Scriptorium of Toulouse.

Tom Rickner
Tom Rickner began his career in type design by editing bitmaps for a local corporation.

George Ryan
A post card – just your garden-variety postcard – was the impetus that brought George Ryan into a life of type.

Stuart Sandler
Type designer Stuart Sandler makes old things new again. He specializes in retro type designs that evoke the signage and lettering of mid-twentieth century pop culture.

Christian Schwartz
Schwartz has always been fascinated by letters, even as a small child.

Paul Shaw
Shaw has done work for clients as diverse as Campbell Soup, Revlon, and NBC.

Nick Shinn
Nick creates beautiful faces that are design solutions as well.

Kevin Simpson
He has worked for a wide variety of clients on a broad range of graphic design projects.

Poul Søgren
The recipient of numerous national design awards, Søgren also lectures at Danish design schools.

Erik Spiekermann
Spiekermann sees himself as more of a problem solver than an artist.

Sumner Stone
The principal of Stone Type Foundry Inc. in Guinda, California.

Nina Lee Storm
A freelance designer concentrating in typeface design.

George Thomas
George Thomas has had a lifelong interest in the graphic arts and typography.

Jun Tomita
The winner of several international awards for his three-dimensional product designs.

Tomás Vellvé
Tomás Vellvé has been creating beautiful graphics and distinctive typefaces for over 30 years.

Hideaki Wada
Hideaki Wada has designed over 100 typefaces and has had a 30-year career in Japanese calligraphy.

Martin Wait
With over two-dozen popular display type designs and many logotypes to his credit, Martin Wait certainly made the right career choice.

Brian Willson
Created a logo for an environmental newsletter and has been making letters ever since.

Richard Yeend
When not redesigning newspapers, he creates new typeface designs.

Andrei Zhitkov
Russian inspired fonts.