Mark Simonson

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Mark Simonson
Mark Simonson, 2018
Born1955 (age 66–67)
Wisconsin[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTypeface designer
Known forTypeface design

Mark Simonson (born 1955) is an American independent type designer who works in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2][3][4][5][6]

Career[]

Simonson has described his typefaces as often being inspired by lettering styles of the past, such as the graphic design of the 1970s and Art Deco graphics.[7][8][9]

Simonson’s most popular font family is Proxima Nova (1994, revised 2005), a geometric-grotesque sans-serif design used by companies such as Relativity, BuzzFeed, Mashable, NBC, The Onion and Wired.[10][11] As of October 2021, it is the fifth highest-selling family on font sales website MyFonts.[12] His fonts also include Anonymous Pro, a monospaced font designed for programming released under the OFL.

Simonson worked as a graphic designer before specialising in type design.[1][13][14] His career as a type designer got a boost when his partner Pat won money on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,[15][16] as her success allowed him to take six months off from graphic design work to design several new typefaces that he could sell.[7][8] He has also written blog articles on the history of type design and the lettering styles used in films, including the type blog Typographica.[17][18]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Simonson, Mark. "How I Became a Type Designer in Only 30 Years with Mark Simonson". Vimeo. Cooper Union. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Grant. "Q & A: Mark Simonson". Typedia.
  3. ^ O'Driscoll, Conor. "One Minute with Mark Simonson". Oneminutewith. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Interview: Mark Simonson". Planet Typography. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Interview: Mark Simonson". Eurekaville. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ Morlighem, Sébastien. "Mark Simonson Studio: Breathing New Life into the Past". FontStand. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b Sorkin, Eben. "Creative Characters: Mark Simonson". MyFonts. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Mark Simonson interview". LetterCult. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Metallophile". Geotypographika. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. ^ Vo, Tri Branch. "Why Proxima Nova is Everywhere". Medium. Mic. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. ^ Friedman, Granr. "Interview with Type Designer Mark Simonson". ArtBistro.
  12. ^ "Bestsellers". MyFonts (archived). Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ "How to design a typeface: Mark Simonson's process". Adobe Systems. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  14. ^ Lileks, James. "My Minnesota: Mark Simonson". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  15. ^ Dodge, Bernadette. "Designs for justice, designs for change". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Prize winner recalls classmate who died". Deseret News. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  17. ^ Eddin, Peter. "Good Film, Shame About the Helvetica". New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  18. ^ Boxer, Sarah. "Arial, Mon Amour, and other font passions". New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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