FontShop International (FSI) was founded in Berlin in 1989 by Erik Spiekermann and Joan Spiekermann, who were then husband and wife. Erik Spiekermann (born May 30 1947) is a German typographer and designer FontShop is the original font reseller in digital type history. There are six independent FontShops (licensors of the FontShop concept) in Europe, Australia, and the USA.
FSI produces the FontFont typeface library and publishes FontBook, widely considered the most comprehensive printed reference on digital typefaces. FontBook is a typeface compendium in hardback published by FontShop and edited by Erik Spiekermann, Jürgen Siebert and Mai-Linh Thi Truong In 2000 FSI started a royalty free image company called fStop (fStop).
FontShop USA produces the twice annual publication font.
Further reading
References
- Jubert, Roxane, Typography and Graphic Deisgn, From Antiquity to the Present. Flammarion: 2006. ISBN 2-0803-0523-9.
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