Robert Bringhurst of USA
Born: Los Angeles, 1946
American-born poet, book designer, typographer, historian and linguist, now resident in Canada. His 1992 book The Elements of Typographic Style (now in its second edition) became a instant classic. In 1993 he delivered the American Printing History Association’s Lieberman Lecture at UCLA; in 1997, the University of Iowa’s annual Brownell Lecture on the History of the Book; in 1998 the Georg Svensson Lecture at the Royal Library, Stockholm; and in 2001, the culminating lecture of the San Francisco Zapfest.
Activities
Writing
Typography
Teaching
Book Design
Poetry
Related Links
• ATypI 97 Fringe: Robert Bringhurst
• CreativePro: Solid Language - a review of Robert Bringhurst's 'The Solid Form of Language' by John D. Berry
• TypeArt: The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
• TypeBooks: Robert Bringhurst interview
• University of Calgary: Robert Bringhurst
• University of Manitoba: Canadian Literature Archive: Robert Bringhurst
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