Matthew Carter

Birthday October 1, 1937

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace England

Age 87 years old

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About

English type designer who designed the early 1.0 fonts Verdana and Georgia. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.

Before Fame

He was originally going to get a degree in English at Oxford University but went on to intern at the Joh. Enschedé type foundry in the Netherlands instead.

Trivia

He also designed a logo for the British magazine Private Eye in May 1962.

Family Life

His father was the English typographer Harry Carter.

Associated With

He created a typeface for Bell Telephone Company named after telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.