Edwin W. Shaar (January 1, 1915 – April 26, 2001) was an American writer,
graphic artist and
typeface designer
Type design is the art and process of designing typefaces. This involves drawing each letterform using a consistent style. The basic concepts and design variables are described below.
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. He was an assistant art director at
Lanston Monotype before becoming director of the type design program at
Intertype. He also designed
Phototypesetting faces.
[Edwin W. Shaa]
(retrieved April 17, 2020)
Typefaces
Shaar designed all of these
moveable type, foundry types:
[MacGrew, Mac, ''American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century,'' Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, .]
Shaar also designed these
fotofonts:
References
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American typographers and type designers
1915 births
American artists
2001 deaths