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Hans Reichel Passes Away At Age 62
Experimental electric and acoustic guitarist, avant-garde composer, instrument builder and inventor, graphic designer and type designer Hans Reichel died on November 22, 2011.
Read moreKurt Weidemann Passes Away At Age 88
Influential graphic designer Prof. Kurt Weidemann, born December 12, 1922, died March 30, 2011, in Sélestat in Alsace.
Read moreDoyald Young Passes Away At Age 84
On Monday, February 28, Doyald Young – lettering and logotype designer, type designer, author, teacher and mentor, passed away at age 84.
Read moreOthmar Motter Passes Away At Age 84
After a long period of illness the Austrian graphic designer Othmar Motter died on Friday December 17 in Hard near Bregenz.
Read moreBoudewijn Ietswaart Passes Away At Age 74
On 23 December, Dutch designer Boudewijn Ietswaart died at his home in Amsterdam.
Read moreKarl-Heinz Lange Passes Away At Age 80
Ivo Gabrowitsch, Marketing Director of FontFont, remembers Karl-Heinz Lange who passed away on June 29, 2010.
Read moreJim Rimmer Passes Away January 8, 2010
Jim Rimmer – a multi-talented type designer, graphic artist, bookbinder, printer, letterer, technician, and a most generous teacher – passed away early January 8, 2010.
Read moreEd Rondthaler Passes Away At Age 104
On August 19th, 2009, Ed Rondthaler – co-founder of Photo-Lettering, Inc. and the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) – passed away at 104.
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