# Charles Bigelow

> Charles A. Bigelow is an American type historian, professor, and designer. Bigelow grew up in the Detroit suburbs and attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982, the Frederic W. Goudy Award in 1987, Sloan Science and Film screenwriting awards in 2001 and 2002, and other honors. Along with Kris Holmes, he is the co-creator of Lucida and Wingdings font families. He is a principal of the Bigelow and Holmes studio.

*American graphic and type designer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1945-07-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Charles Bigelow](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [تشارلز بيغيلو (طابع حروف)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_(%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81))
- [Charles Bigelow](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [Charles Bigelow](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [Charles Bigelow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [Charles Bigelow (type designer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow_(type_designer))
- [Charles Bigelow](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [Charles Bigelow](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bigelow)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331241)

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