William Thorowgood (died 1877) was a British

typographer Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...

and type founder. On the death of its founder Robert Thorne in 1820, Thorowgood bought the

Fann Street Foundry The Fann Street Foundry was a type foundry (a company that designs or distributes typefaces) that was located on Fann Street, City of London. Establishment In 1794, Robert Thorne (typographer), Robert Thorne (1754-1820) acquired the type foundry ...

. He was active in the development of

Sans Serif In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than seri ...

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1877 deaths British typographers and type designers Year of birth unknown {{UK-printmaker-stub