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1. Jan Tschichold

   Author of The New Typography (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism), The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design, Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
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2. Robert Bringhurst

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3. Ellen Lupton

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4. Jost Hochuli

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5. Edward R. Tufte

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6. Ruari McLean

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7. Alexander S. Lawson

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8. Jan Middendorp

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9. Gerrit Noordzij

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10. Simon Garfield

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11. Karen Cheng

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12. Eric Gill

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13. Steven Heller

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14. Robin Williams

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15. Philip Meggs

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16. Walter Tracy

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17. Christopher Burke

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18. Doyald Young

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19. Richard Kegler

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20. Hans-Peter Willberg

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21. Harry Carter

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22. Geoffrey Dowding

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23. Sebastian Carter

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24. Dan X. Solo

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25. John D. Berry

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26. Peter Feierabend

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27. Gerard Unger

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28. Lars Müller

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29. Phil Baines

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30. James Craig

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31. Stanley Morison

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32. James Felici

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33. Mac McGrew

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34. Type Directors Club

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35. David Jury

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36. Jan Tholenaar

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37. Neil Macmillan

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38. Josef Müller-Brockman

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39. Rob Carter

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40. William Lidwell

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41. Timothy Samara

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42. Neville Brody

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43. Rudy VanderLans

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44. Leslie Cabarga

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45. Richard Hendel

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46. James Sutton

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47. Fred Smeijers

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48. W. Pincus Jaspert

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49. Hugh Albert Fordyce Williamson

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50. תומאס מאן

    Author of Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family, The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus
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