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Gerrit Noordzij

The Gerrit Noordzij Prize, a prize given to typographers and type designers for extraordinary contributions to the field, is named after him.

Giambattista Bodoni

This style attracted many admirers and imitators, surpassing the popularity of French typographers such as Philippe Grandjean and Pierre Simon Fournier.

International Typeface Corporation

Because of its extraordinary blend of typographic design, illustration and cartoons (sometimes by world-renowned artists and cartoonists such as Lou Myers), verse and prose extolling the virtues of well-designed type, as well as contributions by amateur or semi-professional typographers, the magazine was avidly read by type enthusiasts and sought after by collectors the world over.

Norman T.A. Munder

"If you take a Corot, unframed, through the subways," says Mr. Munder, "you couldn't sell it for $2. Put it in a plush-walled room, properly framed, tag it for $10,000, and your chances are much better." That is his typical understanding (of quality presentations) and helps to explain what made him one of the most distinguished printers in the country and a collaborator with the best of the American artists, designers and typographers.

Typographic Workers Trade Union

Typographic Workers Trade Union (in Spanish: Sindicato de Obreros TipĆ³grafos) was a trade union of typographers in Spain.


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