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Kris Holmes

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American graphic and type designer

United States MusiciansBorn 1950 · age 76

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Kris Holmes is an American typeface designer, calligrapher, type design educator and animator. She, with Charles Bigelow, is the co-creator of the Lucida and Wingdings font families, among many other typeface designs. She is president and co-founder of Bigelow & Holmes Inc., a typeface design studio.

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Apple Chancery by Holmes, commissioned by Apple in 1993. Holmes had been taught calligraphy at Reed College, by the same tutors as Steve Jobs (though not at the same time). The font's goal was to include complex alternates to somewhat mimic the verve of Renaissance scribes.

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2012Frederic W. Goudy Award

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Charles BigelowAlso won Frederic W. Goudy Award

Berthold WolpeAlso won Frederic W. Goudy Award

Robert BringhurstAlso won Frederic W. Goudy Award

Gudrun Zapf-von HesseAlso won Frederic W. Goudy Award

Matthew CarterAlso won Frederic W. Goudy Award

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Stephen Costello41.3

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