Stanley morrison typography design

British typographer (–)

Stanley Arthur Morison^[1] (6 May – 11 October ) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing.^[2][3][4] Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past.^[5][6][7]

From the s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design.

His strong aesthetic sense was a force within the company, which starting shortly before his joining became increasingly known for commissioning popular, historically influenced designs that revived some of the best typefaces of the past, with particular attention to the middle period of printing from the Renaissance to the late eighteenth century, and creating and licensing several new type designs that would become popular.^{[8][9][10][11]} Original typ