Joshua Darden

Joshua Darden
Joshua Darden at his Brooklyn studio on 18 Jan 2010.
Born (1979-01-02) 2 January 1979 (age 45)
Los Angeles, California, US
Known forType design
AwardsPrint's New Visual Artists 2006

Joshua Darden (born 1979 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American typeface designer.[2] He published his first typeface at the age of 15, becoming according to Fonts In Use the first known African-American typeface designer.[3][4][1][5][6]

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  3. ^ Stone, Terri (16 November 1999). "The Faces Behind the Faces". Creative Pro. Publish. Archived from the original on 5 March 2001. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ Sharp, Lucas (30 November 2017). "Letterform: Rare Goods". Grafik. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Joshua Darden". Fonts In Use. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ Rawsthorn, Alice (20 March 2011). "Design Gets More Diverse (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 February 2021.