Jan Tschichold was a hugely influential typographer of the 20th century who worked his whole life in the design field. He wrote many books, designed very famous typefaces, and worked as a teacher.
Tschichold was born April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig, Germany and died August 11th, 1974 in Locarno, Switzerland. He was the son of a script writer, Franz Tschichold. He gained an early appreciation for scripts and often helped his father work. After finishing school, the 14-year-old decided to become a drawing teacher.
It is reported that the 1914 World’s Fair for Books and Graphics was an important experience in the boy’s life. In Tschichold’s free time, he studied books by Edward Johnston and Rudolf von Larisch and created calligraphy on his own. He created amazing manuscripts for a 16-year-old beginner.
In 1919, he begun taking typography classes and he regularly received design commissions for advertisements by 1921. Tschichold was influenced heavily by the Bauhaus and settled in Munich in 1926, where he wrote “The New Typography” in 1928.
He moved around a lot after that, going between London and Switzerland. It was on his return to Switzerland that he created his masterpiece typeface: Sabon. Its model was the 1952 Garamond interpretation. Sabon is often referred to as Tschichold’s masterpiece typeface. It originally had three weights: normal, italic, and semibold.
Fonts: Transit (1931), Saskia (1931), Zeus (1931), Sabon® (1967).
Publications include: "Die neue Typographie", Berlin 1928; "Typographische Gestaltung", Basle 1935; "Geschichte der Schrift in Bildern", Basle 1941; Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren«, Basle 1942, Berlin 1952; "Schatzkammern der Schreibkunst", Basle 1946; "Meisterbuch der Schrift", Ravensburg 1953; "Erfreuliche Drucksachen durch gute Typographie", Ravensburg 1960, "Willkürfreie Maßverhältnisse der Buchseite und des Satzspiegels", Basle 1962; "Ausgewählte Aufsätze über Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typography", Basle 1975; "Jan Tscichold, Leben und Werk", Dresden 1977; "Jan Tschichold. Schriften 1925–1974", Berlin 1991.
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Tschichold was born April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig, Germany and died August 11th, 1974 in Locarno, Switzerland. He was the son of a script writer, Franz Tschichold. He gained an early appreciation for scripts and often helped his father work. After finishing school, the 14-year-old decided to become a drawing teacher.
It is reported that the 1914 World’s Fair for Books and Graphics was an important experience in the boy’s life. In Tschichold’s free time, he studied books by Edward Johnston and Rudolf von Larisch and created calligraphy on his own. He created amazing manuscripts for a 16-year-old beginner.
In 1919, he begun taking typography classes and he regularly received design commissions for advertisements by 1921. Tschichold was influenced heavily by the Bauhaus and settled in Munich in 1926, where he wrote “The New Typography” in 1928.
He moved around a lot after that, going between London and Switzerland. It was on his return to Switzerland that he created his masterpiece typeface: Sabon. Its model was the 1952 Garamond interpretation. Sabon is often referred to as Tschichold’s masterpiece typeface. It originally had three weights: normal, italic, and semibold.
Fonts: Transit (1931), Saskia (1931), Zeus (1931), Sabon® (1967).
Publications include: "Die neue Typographie", Berlin 1928; "Typographische Gestaltung", Basle 1935; "Geschichte der Schrift in Bildern", Basle 1941; Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren«, Basle 1942, Berlin 1952; "Schatzkammern der Schreibkunst", Basle 1946; "Meisterbuch der Schrift", Ravensburg 1953; "Erfreuliche Drucksachen durch gute Typographie", Ravensburg 1960, "Willkürfreie Maßverhältnisse der Buchseite und des Satzspiegels", Basle 1962; "Ausgewählte Aufsätze über Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typography", Basle 1975; "Jan Tscichold, Leben und Werk", Dresden 1977; "Jan Tschichold. Schriften 1925–1974", Berlin 1991.
http://www.linotype.com/794/childhood.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tschichold
http://www.biography.com/articles/Jan-Tschichold-37399
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