About Justin Howes
Lived 1963 – 2005 (aged 41). Justin Howes was a historian.
Justin Howes (1963–2005) was a British historian of printing and lettering.
Howes was a curator of the Type Museum of London and wrote on the work of Edward Johnston and William Caslon; his book Johnston's Underground Type on the Johnston lettering commissioned and used by London Underground and its predecessors remains the standard work on the topic. He also worked as a book and font designer and was working on a PhD at the time of his death.
The St Bride Foundation holds the annual Justin Howes Memorial Lecture at which scholars and practitioners of typography are invited to present a talk.
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Who was Justin Howes?
British historian
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Justin Howes was born on 4 April 1963.
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Justin Howes died on 21 February 2005.
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Justin Howes was a historian.
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