Paul Barnes (born 1970,

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) is a graphic designer and typographer. He has designed several new typefaces.

Career

After an education at the

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, in 1992 he emigrated to the United States to work with

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. In 1995 he left Roger Black and began work as a freelance designer in London. He has worked with many large corporations, making logos for such well known companies as

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television and the English bands New Order,

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and

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. With

Christian Schwartz Christian Schwartz (born December 30, 1977 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States) is an American type designer. He has been awarded the German Design Award and the Prix Charles Peignot. Life A graduate of the Communication Design program at ...

he designed the very large

Guardian Egyptian Guardian Egyptian is a slab-serif typeface commissioned by Mark Porter for the UK newspaper ''The Guardian'' and designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz between 2004 and 2005 and published by their company Commercial Type. It was an ...

family typefaces for

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newspaper and operates the digital type design company

Commercial Type Commercial Type is a digital type foundry established in 2007 by type designers Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz. Its work includes typefaces for ''The Guardian'', such as the Guardian Egyptian series, and other retail and commissioned typefac ...

. In April 2007 he designed the logo for

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with Saville.

Awards

In September 2006 he was named one of the 40 most influential designers under 40 in '' Wallpaper'' and in September 2007

named him one of the top 50 designers in Britain.

Typefaces designed by Paul Barnes

*Austin - 2003 *Brunel - 1996 *Dala Floda - 2005 *Dala Prisma - 2014 *

- 2005, with Christian Schwartz *Ironbridge - 2002 *Marian - 2005 *

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- 2009, custom for the

*Pagan Poetry - 2002 *Stephenson Sans - 2001 *Stockholm - 2004

Magazine articles by Paul Barnes

* ''

Jonathan Hoefler Jonathan Hoefler (; born August 22, 1970) is an American typeface designer. Hoefler founded the Hoefler Type Foundry in 1989, a type foundry in New York. Early life Jonathan Hoefler was born on August 22, 1970, in New York City to Doreen Ben ...

'', ''Baseline'' 23, edited by Mike Daines & Hans Dieter Reichert, Bradbourne Publishing, 1996

External links

Modern Typography

References

1970 births Living people English graphic designers English typographers and type designers People from Harlow People educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry Alumni of the University of Reading {{authority control