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 ...
.
References
1877 deaths
British typographers and type designers
Year of birth unknown
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