Lot 078 – Colin Brignall
—Book donated from his personal collection – ‘Centaur Types’ by Bruce Rogers. It was published by October House in the USA in 1949. In 1948, the noted book designer and Purdue alumnus Bruce Rogers wrote a book that documented and illustrated his creation of the Centaur typeface. The book was privately printed by Rogers himself under the name of his studio, October House. This limited edition of the book was transferred to the Purdue Libraries at the time of his death along with his other papers and books. Over the years the remaining stock has found its home in the Special Collections of the Libraries. The book is known as something of a collector’s item by those who are aware of the few copies in circulation.
Colin Brignall was born in Warwickshire, England. He joined the type design studio of Letraset Limited in 1963 as a photographic technician. Letraset were pioneers in graphic arts products and it was here that Brignall learned the design and art skills which would underpin his career.
His first project was assisting Fred Lambert to produce the first original typefaces for the Instant Lettering range. Brignall also worked on the successful Compacta series of condensed display faces.
In 1970, Brignall took a break from Letraset to design corporate identity faces, but he returned in 1974 as a senior type designer. He produced a number of type families including Romic (1979), Corinthian (1981) and Edwardian (1983).
Brignall became the type director of Letraset in 1980, and working with a network of designers and calligrapher, he oversaw a flood of new designs. In 2000 he was awarded the infrequently given Type Directors Club (TDC) gold medal "in recognition of outstanding contributions to typographic excellence". One of the major reasons that the TDC chose to honour him was his continuing encouragement and support of new talent.
He now works as typographic consultant to International Typeface Corporation.
http://www.itcfonts.com/About/
—Book donated from his personal collection – ‘Centaur Types’ by Bruce Rogers. It was published by October House in the USA in 1949. In 1948, the noted book designer and Purdue alumnus Bruce Rogers wrote a book that documented and illustrated his creation of the Centaur typeface. The book was privately printed by Rogers himself under the name of his studio, October House. This limited edition of the book was transferred to the Purdue Libraries at the time of his death along with his other papers and books. Over the years the remaining stock has found its home in the Special Collections of the Libraries. The book is known as something of a collector’s item by those who are aware of the few copies in circulation.
Colin Brignall was born in Warwickshire, England. He joined the type design studio of Letraset Limited in 1963 as a photographic technician. Letraset were pioneers in graphic arts products and it was here that Brignall learned the design and art skills which would underpin his career.
His first project was assisting Fred Lambert to produce the first original typefaces for the Instant Lettering range. Brignall also worked on the successful Compacta series of condensed display faces.
In 1970, Brignall took a break from Letraset to design corporate identity faces, but he returned in 1974 as a senior type designer. He produced a number of type families including Romic (1979), Corinthian (1981) and Edwardian (1983).
Brignall became the type director of Letraset in 1980, and working with a network of designers and calligrapher, he oversaw a flood of new designs. In 2000 he was awarded the infrequently given Type Directors Club (TDC) gold medal "in recognition of outstanding contributions to typographic excellence". One of the major reasons that the TDC chose to honour him was his continuing encouragement and support of new talent.
He now works as typographic consultant to International Typeface Corporation.
http://www.itcfonts.com/About/
