Robin A. Fior (27 January 1935 – 29 September 2012) was a British designer closely associated with radical and

libertarian Libertarianism (from ; or from ) is a political philosophy that holds freedom, personal sovereignty, and liberty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the Non-Aggression Principle, according ...

causes in the 1960s and 70s. Born in London into a Jewish family, Fior was the son of solicitor Lucien Fior and Olga Samuel. He learned typesetting as a public schoolboy at

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. As a designer and typographer, he was self-taught, learning on the job and from colleagues and printers. His single year as an undergraduate in the English department at Oxford was spent mostly in bookshops. But he developed an interest in language and politics that marked his entire professional and social life.

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1935 births 2012 deaths English graphic designers English illustrators Artists from London People educated at Harrow School English typographers and type designers Alumni of the University of Oxford {{Graphic-designer-stub