Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold was born on April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig Germany. He was a typographer, book designer, teacher, and writer. His father was a sign painter, so he was exposed to typography at an early age. He chose alternative methods of creating letterforms compared to most of the typographers of his time. He even created an alphabet that fixed inconsistencies in the German language. His techniques were so controversial that Nazi’s seized much of his work. He died August 11th, 1974 in Locarno, Switzerland.