Mark Simonson

Mark Simonson (born 1955) is an American independent font designer who works in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2][3][4][5][6]

Mark Simonson
Born1955 (age 65–66)
Wisconsin[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTypeface designer
Known forTypeface design

Career

Simonson has described his fonts as often being inspired by lettering styles of the past, such as the graphic design of the 1970s and Art Deco graphics.[7][8][9]

Simonson’s most popular font family is Proxima Nova (1994, revised 2005), a geometric-grotesque sans-serif design used by companies such as BuzzFeed, Mashable, NBC, The Onion and Wired.[10][11] As of October 2020, it is the seventeenth highest-selling family on font sales website MyFonts.[12] His fonts also include Anonymous Pro, a monospaced font designed for programming released under the OFL.

Simonson worked as a graphic designer before specialising in font design.[1][13][14] His career as a font designer got a boost when his partner Pat won money on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,[15][16] as her success allowed him to take six months off from graphic design work to develop several new fonts that he could sell.[7][8] He has also written blog articles on the history of type design and the lettering styles used in films, including the type blog Typographica.[17][18]

References
  1. Simonson, Mark. "How I Became a Type Designer in Only 30 Years with Mark Simonson". Vimeo. Cooper Union. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. Hutchinson, Grant. "Q & A: Mark Simonson". Typedia.
  3. O'Driscoll, Conor. "One Minute with Mark Simonson". Oneminutewith. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. "Interview: Mark Simonson". Planet Typography. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. "Interview: Mark Simonson". Eurekaville. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. Morlighem, Sébastien. "Mark Simonson Studio: Breathing New Life into the Past". FontStand. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. Sorkin, Eben. "Creative Characters: Mark Simonson". MyFonts. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. "Mark Simonson interview". LetterCult. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. "Metallophile". Geotypographika. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. Vo, Tri Branch. "Why Proxima Nova is Everywhere". Medium. Mic. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. Friedman, Granr. "Interview with Type Designer Mark Simonson". ArtBistro.
  12. "Bestsellers". MyFonts (archived). Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. "How to design a typeface: Mark Simonson's process". Adobe Systems. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  14. Lileks, James. "My Minnesota: Mark Simonson". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  15. Dodge, Bernadette. "Designs for justice, designs for change". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. "Prize winner recalls classmate who died". Deseret News. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  17. Eddin, Peter. "Good Film, Shame About the Helvetica". New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  18. Boxer, Sarah. "Arial, Mon Amour, and other font passions". New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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