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- Doyald Young (September 12, – February 28, ) was an American typeface designer and teacher who specialized in the design of logotypes, corporate alphabets, lettering and typefaces.
Doyald Young, Logotype Designer - IMDb
- Doyald Young (September 12, – February 28, ) was an American typeface designer and teacher who specialized in the design of logotypes, corporate alphabets, lettering and typefaces.
A Self-Made Typography Icon in His Own Words - The Atlantic
- Doyald Young, a logotype designer and teacher whose three monographs on letterforms and alphabets, including the provocatively titled “Dangerous Curves,” reintroduced classical design.
Doyald Young
American typeface designer
Doyald Young (September 12, &#; February 28, ) was an American typeface designer and teacher who specialized in the design of logotypes, corporate alphabets, lettering and typefaces.
Work
The typefaces designed by Doyald Young include Young Baroque, ITC Éclat, Home Run, and the formal script Young Gallant.
Commissions for logotypes and trademarks include the industrial design firm of Henry Dreyfuss Associates, California Institute of Technology, University of California at Los Angeles, exhibition catalogs for UCLA’s Clark Memorial Library, The Music Center of Los Angeles County, Mattel Toys, Max Factor, Vidal Sassoon and Prudential Insurance. With Don Bartels, designed the font for General Electric Company’s corporate identity program.[1] His life story and working method is profiled in the "Creative Inspirations" video Doyald Young: Logotype Designer.[2]
His entertainment credits include: Liza Minne
Dangerous Curves – Typographica
Doyald Young: The Self-Made Typography Icon in His Own Words
- Doyald Young, a designer, writer, teacher and mentor, regrettably passed away February 28th from complications during heart surgery.
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Creative Inspirations: Doyald Young, Logotype Designer
| Doyald Young (September 12, 1926 – February 28, 2011) was an American typeface designer and teacher who specialized in the design of logotypes. | |
| Doyald Young, a logotype designer and teacher whose three monographs on letterforms and alphabets, including the provocatively titled “Dangerous Curves,” reintroduced classical design. | |
| Born in Holliday, Texas in 1926, Young has had many years to practice, despite taking a somewhat circuitous route to the area of his expertise. |