Jackson Burke
Male, Deceased Person
1908 – 1975
25 Views
Who was Jackson Burke?
Jackson Burke was an American type and book designer. After studying at the University of California, Berkeley, he succeeded C.H. Griffith as Director of Typographic Development at Mergenthaler Linotype from 1949 until 1963, where he designed several type faces.
He was also responsible for a number of other achievements at Mergenthaler-Linotype including:
development of fonts for native American languages
development of the TeleTypesetting System for magazine use
development and implementation of the first phase of Linotype Group's photocomposition library
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Jackson Burke." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jackson_burke>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Jackson Burke biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In