David Lance Goines

David Lance Goines (May 29, 1945 – February 19, 2023), was an American artist, calligrapher, printmaker, typographer, printing entrepreneur, and author. He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, the oldest of eight children. His father was a civil engineer and his mother a calligrapher and artist.

Biography David Lance Goines was born May 29, 1945, in Grants Pass, Oregon. He was the eldest of eight children and they were raised in Fresno, Sacramento, and Oakland. He attended Castlemont High School in Oakland. of late 1964, which led to his expulsion. Quickly re-admitted, he graduated the University in 1965, and apprenticed as a printer in Berkeley. and the series of lithographs Goines printed at his shop that sold out its many printing runs, earned the money to buy the Berkeley Free Press print shop, in Berkeley, in 1968, from Leo Bach, renaming it, Saint Hieronymus Press. The major output of the press consists of Goines' limited edition poster and calendar art, distributed by Dow and Frosini. Portal Publications issued reproductions of forty originals.

Goines art style has been described as "minimalist". In 1982, Goines published the calligraphic classic A Constructed Roman Alphabet, which won him the 1983 American Book Award. Several books collecting his poster art have been published as well. Goines' art and posters can be found in international museum collections, including the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,

Goines died in Berkeley, California, on February 19, 2023, at the age of 77.