Encyclopedia > Jan Tschichold

  Article Content

Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold was a German book designer and typographer[?], practitioner of both modern and classical designs. He was born in Leipzig, Germany, on April 2, 1902 and died in Locarno[?], Switzerland, on August 11, 1974.

Among the fonts he has designed are

  • Transit (1931)
  • Saskia (1931)
  • Zeus (1931)
  • Sabon (1967)



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Mayenne

...     Contents Mayenne Mayenne is a French département, number 53, named after the Mayenne River[?]. Préfecture (capital): ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 36 ms