Tom Carnase

Thomas "Tom" Paul Carnase (born 1939 in the Bronx ) is an American typographer, type designer, and graphic designer, known for his Spencerian script. He currently operates a studio in Palm Springs, California.

Career After graduating with an associate bachelor of fine arts degree from New York City Community College in 1959, Carnase spent the first five years of his career in the design division of Sudler & Hennessey under the direction of Herbert Lubalin before creating freelance design studio Bonder & Carnase Inc. with Ronne Bonder in 1964.

Carnse left Bonder & Carnase Inc. in 1967, becoming vice president of Lubalin, Smith, Carnase (also known as Herb Lubalin, Inc. or Lubalin Inc.).

Carnase co-founded the World Typeface Corporation, also known as the World Typeface Center and abbreviated to WTC in 1980. Lubalin sketched the original glyph set and Carnase later added additional ligatures and letterforms as well as alternate weights and styles. The artwork contained nearly 1500 individual letterforms.

WTC Our Bodoni Commissioned by Bert Di Pamphilis, WTC Our Bodoni is a Bodoni revival designed by Tom Carnase under the direction of Massimo Vignelli for WTC. The typeface consisted of four different weights with headings. The difference in x-height in Carnase's revival compared to the source material and other revivals led to it being named Our Bodoni.