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John Downer (sign painter)

John Downer (born 1951) is an American sign painter, typeface and logo designer.[1][2] Downer began his career as a painter of signs.[3][4][5] Among his best-known digital fonts are Iowan Old Style, Roxy, Triplex Italic, and Brothers.[6][7][8]

Downer studied at Washington State University and the University of Iowa.[9][10][11][12] His work was featured amongst that of others in the 2014 documentary Sign Painters.[13][14][15] He has lectured on type and sign design at conferences and at The Cooper Union.[16]

Typeface designs

Proprietary typefaces

References

  1. ^ Downer, John. "The Art of Founding Type". Emigre. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "A sign painter at work". Kombinat. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ Hoefler, Jonathan. "John Downer at The Propagandist". Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Défense D'Af: Faux Ghostsign from John Downer". Ghost Signs (blog). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ Hansford, Vanessa. "Sign Painter, John Downer". The Simple Things. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. ^ Butterick, Matthew. "Iowan Old Style". Typography for Lawyers. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ^ Berry, John. "An American Typeface Comes of Age". dot creative. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ^ Downer, John. "Call It What It Is". Emigre. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Alastair Johnston interviews John Downer" (PDF). Alastair Johnston. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  10. ^ Thomas, Shelbi. "The Iowan Type". Iowa Alumni Magazine. University of Iowa Alumni Association. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  11. ^ Peters, Yyves. "An Exhibition of Hand Lettered Posters by John Downer". FontFeed. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Iowa Digital Library collections: John Downer, signpainter". University of Iowa. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  13. ^ Peters, Yyves. "Sign Painters Movie Explores Contemporary Sign Painting". Font Feed. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  14. ^ Uuong, An (29 July 2014). "Sign Painters: a Sign of the Times". Artscope. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  15. ^ Davies, Bree. "Sign Painters Shines A Colorful Light on the History of a Hidden Craft". Westword. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Introduction to Sign Painting". Cooper Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  17. ^ Heck, Bethany (2 October 2017). "Brothers review". Font Review Journal. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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