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Ron Carpenter (designer)

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In 1979—at a Christmas Eve party in the local Brockham Village Hall—he was introduced to the sister of one of his friends, Julie. After a lengthy engagement he married Julie in 1990; together they moved into a flat in Reigate, before buying a house shortly before their first and only son, Morgan was
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Carpenter has designed the following type fonts: Cantoria (1986), Calisto, Amasis (1992), Dante (1993). He has also designed Aktiv Grotesk, Co, Kings Caslon, Lexia, Plume, Stroudley and Viato as part of his design work for
308: 61:, as the younger of two brothers born to George and Audrey Carpenter. He attended Brockham Village School before finishing his studies at Sondes Place School. 73:. His work involved the surveying for and hand drawing of Ordnance Survey maps. During this time he developed an interest in typography and obtained a job at 253: 229: 146: 313: 162: 328: 323: 36: 318: 74: 81: 91:
After leaving Monotype in 1992, he worked for a time as a freelance typographer before joining
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Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.
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Out of school at the age of 16, Carpenter trained as a
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International Typeface Corporation web page on Calisto
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Carpenter, second from left, performing with his band
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https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ron-carpenter/26/794/6b2
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In 1986, Carpenter designed and developed the font,
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http://www.daltonmaag.com/people/Ron_Carpenter.html
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Index

cartographer
typeface designer
Dalton Maag


Brockham, Surrey
cartographer
Monotype
Calisto MT
serif
Bruno Maag
Dalton Maag
Dalton Maag
ISBN
0-300-11151-7


"Adobe Type Collections"


"The Source of the Originals"


ISBN
0-321-54472-2
ISBN
1-57912-023-7
http://www.daltonmaag.com/people/Ron_Carpenter.html
https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ron-carpenter/26/794/6b2
International Typeface Corporation web page on Calisto

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