Rob Carter (born 1949) is an American professor of typography and

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Personal information

Rob Carter was born in 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He lives and works in

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, USA.

Residencies and awards

Carter has received numerous awards for his work from organizations such as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York Type Directors Club, Society of Typographic Arts, Creativity, and Print regional annual.

Bibliography

* ''American Typography Today'', Rob Carter (1989) * ''Working with Type'' five-volume series * ''Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces'', Philip B. Meggs, Rob Carter (1993) * ''Meggs: making graphic design history'',

Philip B. Meggs Philip Baxter Meggs (30 May 1942 – 24 November 2002) was an American graphic designer, professor, historian and author of books on graphic design. His book ''History of Graphic Design'' is a definitive, standard read for the study of graph ...

, Rob Carter, Libby Phillips Meggs, Sandy Wheeler (2007) * ''Digital Colour and Type'', ''Typographic Design: Form And Communication'', Rob Carter,

, Ben Day, Sandra Maxa, Mark Sanders (2014).

References

External links

Virginia Commonwealth University faculty
Living people American graphic designers American typographers and type designers Virginia Commonwealth University faculty 1949 births {{typography-stub