Charles Bigelow

Graphic Designer, Award Winner

1945 –

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Who is Charles Bigelow?

Charles A. Bigelow is an American type historian, professor, and designer. Bigelow grew up in the Detroit suburbs and attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982. Along with Kris Holmes, he is the co-creator of Lucida and Wingdings font families. He runs the Bigelow and Holmes foundry.

In mid-2006, Bigelow accepted the Melbert B. Cary Distinguished Professorship at Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media.

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Born
1945
Detroit
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • San Francisco Art Institute

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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