Robert Hunter Middleton

Robert Hunter Middleton – born 6. 5. 1898 in Glasgow, Scotland, died 3. 8. 1985 in Chicago, USA – type designer, printer.

• 1908: Moves to the USA. Studies painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
• From 1923 onwards: Type designer for the Ludlow Typograph Company. Works with Ernst F. Detterer and starts producing new weights and versions of Detterer’s Eusebius typeface in 1923.
• 1933–71: Art director of the Ludlow Typograph Company.
• 1944: Founds the Cherryburn Press.