Christian Schwartz

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Christian Schwartz in 2008

Christian Schwartz (born December 30, 1977, in

type designer. He has been awarded the German Design Award and the Prix Charles Peignot
.

Life

Schwartz began designing fonts in school.[1] A graduate of the Communication Design program at Carnegie Mellon University,[2] Schwartz first worked at MetaDesign Berlin, developing typefaces for Volkswagen and logos for various corporations. He then returned to the US and joined the design staff at Font Bureau.

Schwartz has worked independently in 2001, first forming Orange Italic with product designer Dino Sanchez and recently Schwartzco Inc. He has released commercial fonts with Village,

Bosch and Deutsche Bahn, both with noted designer Erik Spiekermann, and EMI, for the marketing of George Harrison’s posthumous final album. Schwartz has also designed typefaces for many publications including the US edition of Esquire and the extensive Guardian Egyptian family, with Paul Barnes, for the redesign of The Guardian newspaper in 2005. With Barnes he set up the digital font company Commercial Type in 2007.[3][4][5]

Schwartz's typefaces have been honored by the

Wallpaper* magazine.[citation needed
]

Typefaces

Typefaces designed by Christian Schwartz include:

  • Amplitude, 2003
  • Atlas, 1993
  • FF Bau, 2002
  • Bosch, 2004 (with Erik Spiekermann)
  • Casa Latino!, 1999
  • Deutsche Bahn, 2005 (with Erik Spiekermann)
  • Eero, 2003 (after Eero Saarinen)
  • Elroy, 1993
  • Farnham, 2004
  • Flywheel, 1992
  • Fritz, 1997
  • Graphik, 2009 (with Berton Hasebe, Hrvoje Živčić, Ilya Ruderman)
  • Guardian Egyptian, 2004 (with Paul Barnes)
  • Hairspray, 1994
  • Harding, 2019[6]
  • Harrison, 2002
  • Houston, 2003
  • Local Gothic, 2006
  • Los Feliz, 2001
  • Luxury, 2006 (with Dino Sanchez)
  • FF Meta Headline, 2006 (with Erik Spiekermann & Joshua Darden)
  • Morticia, 1995
  • Neue Haas Grotesk
    , 2010 (a restoration of Helvetica)
  • Neutraface, 2002
  • Neutraface Slab, 2009
  • FF Oxide, 2005
  • Pennsylvania, 2000
  • Popular, 2004
  • Simian, 2001 (based on Handel Gothic)
  • Stag, 2005
  • Symantec, 2003 (with Conor Mangat)
  • FF Unit, 2003 (with Erik Spiekermann)

References

  1. ^ Schwartz, Christian (1994). "The Changing of the Guard". Serif: The Magazine of Type & Typography: 49.
  2. ^ "Typography of Christian Schwartz". Metropolis. March 1, 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  3. ^ Walters, John; Esterson, Simon. "Reputations: Commercial Type". Eye. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Communication Arts
    . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. ^ Boulanger, Marie (23 April 2019). "Christian Schwartz, Partner at Commercial Type: Interview March 1st, 2019". Medium. ECVNY. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. S2CID 204849282
    .

External links
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