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Colin Brignall Receives Type Directors Club Medal
The Board of Directors of the Type Directors Club is pleased to announce that noted type designer Colin Brignall has been chosen as recipient of the coveted TDC Medal. The award presentation was held Friday evening, June 2, 2000, in Stationer's Hall in London, England. For more information, see TDC Board member John Berry's new column on type, "dot-font," at creativepro.com.
Colin Brignall's career began in photography. He trained as a press
photographer in London's Fleet Street before moving on to commercial and
fashion photography. In 1964, he joined Letraset as a photographic
technician in the company's type design studio. Before long a keen
interest in letterforms surfaced and despite his lack of formal training,
he showed promise in the design and artwork of display faces. Among his
early works were Aachen Bold, Revue, Harlow, Premier Shaded and
Superstar, and later when he entered the demanding arena of designing
typefaces for both text and display, he created the equally successful
Italia, Romic, Corinthian and Edwardian families.
In 1980, he was appointed type director responsible for the sourcing, art
direction and selection of all new Letraset typeface releases. He was
also responsible for many award-winning lettering and logotype designs.
Working as a typographic consultant to International Typeface
Corporation, Brignall scouted new talent and worked with both new and
established designers on such historically inspired designs as ITC Rennie
Mackintosh, ITC Golden Cockerel and ITC Werkstatt.
The Medal of the Type Directors Club is awarded to recognize outstanding
contributions to typographic excellence. The first medal was awarded to
Hermann Zapf in 1968. Over the past thirty-two years, the following
professionals have been honored: R. Hunter Middleton, Dr. Robert Leslie,
Frank Powers, Edward Rondthaler, Arnold Bank, George Trump, Paul
Standard, Herb Lubalin (posthumously), Paul Rand, Aaron Burns, Bradbury
Thompson, Adrian Frutiger, Jerry (Freeman) Craw, Ed Benguiat, Gene
Federico, Lou Dorfsman and Matthew Carter. Rolling Stone magazine was
recognized in 1997.
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