Fiona Ross (type designer)

Fiona Ross (born 1954) is a British type designer, academic and linguist.[1][2] Since 2003, she has worked at the University of Reading, where she is a Professor and Lecturer in Non-Latin Typeface Design.[3][4] She has received awards such as the 2014 SoTA Typography Award and the 2018 TDC Medal.[5][6][7][8]

Fiona Ross
Born1954 (age 69–70)
NationalityBritish
Awards
  • 2014 SoTA Typography Award
  • 2018 TDC Medal
Academic background
Alma materSOAS, University of London
ThesisThe evolution of the printed Bengali character from 1778 to 1978 (1988)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Reading

Ross was employed by Linotype's UK branch for designing fonts in non-Latin systems such as Bengali and Arabic.[9][10][1] She received a PhD from SOAS, University of London in 1988, writing her thesis on the history of type design in the Bengali alphabet.[11][12][13] She is a member of the Association Typographique International (ATypI) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[14] As of 2016, she had worked on type design in systems including: "Arabic, Hindi, Devanagari, Malayalam, Sinhala, and Thai".[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nemeth, Titus (2017-07-17). Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age: The Influence of Technology on the Form of Arabic Type, 1908–1993. BRILL. pp. 259, 375. ISBN 978-90-04-34930-8.
  2. ^ Clarke, Renée Elizabeth. "A Conversation with Fiona Ross". Femme Type. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Leonidas, Gerry. "Fiona Ross is awarded the SoTA Award". University of Reading. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Typography Stories: Professor Fiona Ross". University of Reading. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ Phinney, Thomas. "Fiona Ross receives 2014 SOTA Typography Award". Phinney on Fonts. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ "The TDC Medal". Type Directors Club. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  7. ^ Hudson, John. "The design contribution of Dr Fiona Ross" (PDF). Tiro Typeworks. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Fiona Ross Wins Typography Award". Harvard University Press blog. Harvard University Press. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Fiona Ross". Centre for Printing History and Culture. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  10. ^ Kerrigan, Sally. "An interview with Dr. Fiona Ross". Typekit blog. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  11. ^ Ross, Fiona. "The Bengali Types of Vincent Figgins". Matrix. 14: 205–212.
  12. ^ Ross, Fiona. "The evolution of the printed Bengali character from 1778 to 1978 (PhD thesis)". SOAS Research Online. SOAS. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ Ross, Fiona. "Two Bengali grammars – a typographic perspective". British Library. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Fiona Ross". MyFonts. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  15. ^ Riechers, Angela. "How to Design Typefaces in a Language You Can't Speak". Eye on Design. AIGA. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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