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Alexander Girard was a typographer who is remembered for his contribution to the field of American textile design. He lived from 1907-1993 and after he passed away the Girard family created a website to ‘design and promote the design legacy and archive of Alexander.’

The first front I came across created by Alexander was Girard Script font and it was appealing to me because, I liked the fluency the writing carried when written in the Girard Script font and the movement of the font as you read the words written from left to right. Once I began to conduct further research via the internet I found it funny that all of his fonts were Girard _ font. They were all pretty similar in a sense of fluency and movement and I have used fonts such as his typography in the past for assignments such as, typing up a formal letter for a more handwritten esk look. I feel like Alexander was very influential in his time period so much so that his family created a website to promote his legacy.



Ed Benguiat is an American typographer who has designed over 600 typefaces designs. He is known for some famous logotypes he designed for the original Planet of the Apes film and a few other famous films. He was born in 1927 and is still alive today.

The first font I found designed by Ed Benguiat was Buffalo and I love it. It was big and bold, but still readable. Out of all three typographers I researched I most enjoy the creations and designs of Ed Benguiat. I didn’t find his typeface designs to be similar to one another in any sense really, which is interesting because of how many he has created. I think the diversity of his typography is a good quality to have in this field because it opens up more possibilities unlike the more close-minded typographers who created fewer typeface designs because of the lack of similarities they could have.



Neville Brody was born in 1957 and is still alive today. He attended the London College of Printing and Hornsey College of Art, and is known for his work on two famous magazines; The Face magazine (1981–1986) and Arena magazine (1987–1990). In 1994, he created the company Research Studios and is a founding member of Fontworks. As of recently he has become the Head of the Communication Art & Design department at the Royal College of Art.

The first font I came across designed by Neville was Blur and I liked the font because the letters were created in a way that was different from the norm especially in that time period. After further research I found other typefaces he had designed like Arcadia and Industria which I liked just as much as Blur. I didn’t find myself liking only some of his work I found myself liking each new typeface more than the last which doesn’t discourage me of not finding inspiration for the new unit of Graphic Design.


 * Works Cited**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Brody

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Benguiat

http://www.houseind.com/fonts/edbenguiatfonts

http://www.girardstudio.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Girard

http://www.houseind.com/fonts/girardfonts