Robert Granjon
French type designer and printer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Granjon (Paris, c. 1513 - Rome, 1590) was a French punchcutter, a designer and creator of metal type, and printer.[1][2][3] He worked in Paris, Lyon, Antwerp, and Rome.[1] He is best known for having introduced the typeface style Civilité, for his many italic types and his fleuron designs, although he worked across all genres of typeface and alphabet across his long career.[1][4][5][6][7]