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El Lissitzky cover
El Lissitzky
Russian artist
Jan Tschichold
German typographer and author
Times New Roman
Stanley Morison
English typographer
A legendary graphic designer
Milton Glaser
American graphic designer and illustrator
Fell, portrait by Sir Peter Lely; in the City Art Gallery, Bristol, county of Avon
John Fell
English educator, priest, and author
Bodoni, engraving
Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
Giovanni Mardersteig
Italian printer
Walker, Emery: Brooks's in the Olden Time
Sir Emery Walker
English printer
William Caslon
English printer
Christophe Plantin
French printer
Bruce Rogers
American typographer
Goudy, Frederic W.
Frederic W. Goudy
American printer and typographer
Sir Francis Meynell
English designer
John Baskerville
English printer
W.A. Dwiggins
American artist
Daniel Berkeley Updike
American printer and publisher
Johann Froben
Swiss printer
S.H. de Roos
Dutch typographer
Romain du Roi type
Philippe Grandjean
French engraver
Simon de Colines
French printer