Justin Howes (1963–2005) was a British historian of printing and lettering.
Howes was a curator of the
Type Museum
The Type Archive (formerly the Type Museum) is a collection of artefacts representing the legacy of type founding in England, whose famous type foundries and composing systems supplied the world with type in over 300 languages. The Archive was ...
of London and wrote on the work of
Edward Johnston
Edward Johnston, CBE (11 February 1872 – 26 November 1944) was a British craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad-edged pen as a writing tool.
He is most fa ...
and
William Caslon
William Caslon I (1692/1693 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading ...
; his book ''Johnston's Underground Type'' on the
Johnston lettering commissioned and used by
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and He ...
and its predecessors remains the standard work on the topic.
He also worked as a book and font designer and was working on a PhD at the time of his death.
The
St Bride Foundation holds the annual
Justin Howes Memorial Lecture at which scholars and practitioners of typography are invited to present a talk.
References
External links
Tyndale Society obituaryMicrosoft Typography linkson Howes' work
English historians
English art historians
1963 births
2005 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
People educated at Dulwich College
Historians of printing
People associated with the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles
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