Legendary Typographer Doyald Passes Away

Legendary typographer, logotype designer and teacher Doyald Young died on Monday. After I moved to L.A. nearly four years ago, I became much more aware of his impact in the design world. He was a long-time Art Center professor in Pasadena and design bookstores here would carry his brilliant and inspiring books. He would make trips from his home in Sherman Oaks to personally deliver his books to Hennessey + Ingalls locations in Hollywood and Santa Monica. Circulation was limited – Amazon and other bookstores do not often carry them. 

I can't recommend his three terrific books on logos and logotypes highly enough. I'd encourage anyone with an interest in typography and logotypes to add Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design, Fonts & Logos and Logotypes & Letterforms to your design library while they are still available. They are essentials. You can order them here:

Doyald Young's Official Site

Some other good links to learn more about Doyald and his remarkable career:

A Recent Interview

Fonts He Designed at MyFonts.com

Biography 2009 AIGA Medalist Award

The Poet of Letterforms: The Passing of a Legend Doyald Young

Wikipedia Entry

(Photo by Don Perdue)