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Franko Luin (6 April 1941 in
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– 15 September 2005 in Tyresö,
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) was a Swedish type designer of Slovene origin. He studied graphic arts at Grafiska Institutet in Stockholm, where he graduated in 1967. A
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er at the telecom company
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(1967–1989), He started his own design shop Omnibus Typografi in 1989. Franko Luin had a keen interest in languages, particularly the international auxiliary language
Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...
, and was for many years president of the Swedish Esperanto association SEF. He wrote poems, translated songs into Esperanto and organized a well renowned homepage, the ''Kiosk'', which had an enormous link list of online newspapers. In his later years, he collected and digitized many 19th and 20th century works by Slovene classical authors and distributed them on his homepage ''Beseda'' ("Word").Beseda
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Typefaces of his design

*Ad Hoc *Baskerville Classico *Birka *Bodoni Classico *Carniola *Caslon Classico *Cirkus *Devin *Dialog *Edinost *Emona *Esperanto *Fortuna *Garamond Classico *Goudy Modern 94 *Goudy Village *Griffo Classico *Humana *Inko *Isolde *Jenson Classico *Jesper *Jonatan *Kalix *Kasper *Kis Classico *Luma *Manuskript *Marco Polo *Maskot *Memento *Miramar *Norma *Nyfors *Odense *Odense Neon *Omnibus *Pax *Pax #2 *Persona *Ragnar *Res Publica *Rustika *Saga *Semper *Stockholm Runt *Transport *Valdemar *Vega antikva *Zip 2000


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* 1941 births 2005 deaths Swedish graphic designers Swedish typographers and type designers Swedish Esperantists Translators to Esperanto Artists from Trieste Italian Slovenes Slovenian designers Slovenian graphic designers Slovenian typographers and type designers 20th-century Swedish translators {{Esperanto-stub