Will Burtin of United States of America
Born: 1908
Died: 1972
Burtin has been credited with importing Helvetica to North America from Zurich in 1958 (just a year after Max Miedinger created it as Haas-Grotesk). Burtin pressed its use at every possible occasion, as, for example, at Typography--USA 1959, held in the Hotel Biltmore, where he went into a debate with his friend William Golden (art director at CBS) over New American Typography.
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Related Links
• Lund Humphries: The Life and Work of Will Burtin
• Robert Fripp: Will Burtin time line
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