Paul Bennett

Paul Arthur Bennett (March 22, 1897 – December 18, 1966) was an American typographer and author.

Biography Paul Arthur Bennett was born in Brooklyn on March 22, 1897. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at 19, near the end of World War I. He served overseas from November 1918 to June 1919.

Bennett was an Advertising Manager of the Chandler Motor Co, in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1920s. More papers of Bennett appear in the early 1930s with the development of the Typophiles. Bennett joined the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. in 1928. The Mergenthaler Linotype helps clients on matter of design, production, advertising, and general correspondence.

Bennett took over the Typophiles in the early 1930s. The Typophiles is a group of men that were "interested in graphics and fine printing."

Notable awards 1961 AIGA Gold Medal