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Type Designers
Learn more about the designers of our typefaces.

Daniel Lanz

After completing an apprenticeship as an engraver, Daniel Lanz – who was born in 1958 in Schaffhausen (Switzerland) – spent 20 years carving letterforms and contours into metal. Further education as a typographic designer – with intensive study of works of Gill, Meier, and Frutiger – considerably deepened his interest in the forms and effects of typography. Digitizing hand-drawn sketches into the skeletal forms of the alphabet,
Lanz began developing various ideas for broader type face designs. His work on Diverda began in the beginning of 2002. An initial sans serif design developed into a full-fledged family over the next two years. During this time, it became even clearer to Lanz that engraving and type design both serve the same goals: they both strive to depict the ideal forms of lines and contours.
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Marc Rudin

Born 1945 in Solothurn, Switzerland. After completion of his apprenticeship as a graphic designer, Rudin worked primarily in the field of logo design and illustration in Switzerland, France and Italy. During further work experience in Lebanon and Syria, he designed illustrative posters, thereby increasing his familiarity with arabic calligraphy and ornament. Combined with unique applications of its geometric-decorative possibilities, his understanding of another writing system offers a fresh perspective on the western alphabet.
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Katharina Wolff

Born 1952 in Chicago.Bachelor of Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University, Master of Arts equivalent, Basel School of Design. Since 1981 teacher of letterform design and calligraphy: Institute of Design Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Assistant Professor, Visual Communication (1982–1991), Basel School of Design (2000–2017), Zurich University of the Arts (2006–2017). Seminars and courses in USA, New Zealand, Brazil, Germany and Switzerland. Since 1976 graphic designer; since 1984 lettering artist, calligrapher, type designer. Currently, research project and archivist for typography at the Basel School of Design, University of the Arts Basel (Fachhochschule Nordwest Schweiz). Lives and works in Basel.
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