Fiona Ross of United Kingdom
Fiona Ross specializes in non-Latin type design and typography.
From 1978 to 1989 she worked for the British arm of Linotype, Linotype Limited, being responsible for the design of their non-Latin fonts and typesetting schemes, notably those using Arabic and Indic scripts such as Devanagari. Since 1989 she has worked as a consultant, author, lecturer, and type designer. In 2003 Fiona joined the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, England as a part-time sessional lecturer.
Fiona holds a BA in German; a Postgraduate Diploma in Sanskrit and Pali; and a PhD in Indian Palaeography from SOAS (London University). She is a member of the Association Typographique International (ATypI) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Activities
Writing
Teaching
Multilingual Typography
Type Design
Related Links
• ATypI: Language, Culture, Type, edited by John D. Berry
• bukva:raz! jury: Fiona Ross
• St. Bride: Non-Latin Type Design at Linotype by Fiona Ross
• U&lc: The Printed Bengali Character by Fiona G. Ross, book review by John Hudson
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