Bruce Rogers (typographer)

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Bruce Rogers (May 14, 1870 - May 21, 1957) was an American typographer born in Lafayette, Indiana. He is one of the best known and regarded typographers of the twentieth century.

Known mostly for his use of typography in book design rather than typeface design, Rogers designed several faces including Centaur, a project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was a member of the Typophiles. Rogers designed more than 400 books. He is perhaps best known for his masterpiece, the Oxford Lectern Bible.

Rogers received a B.S. from Purdue University in 1890. At Purdue, he worked with political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon on the student newspaper and yearbook. In later life, Rogers and his wife donated a substantial collection of books, early manuscripts, and antique furniture to Purdue University's Special Collection Library.

Rogers died on May 18, 1957 in New Fairfield, Connecticut. His papers are in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Additional Reading

• Rogers, Bruce. Pi; a hodge-podge of the letters, papers, and addresses written during the last sixty years, Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1972.
• ——. Paragraphs on Printing, NY: Dover Publications, 1980. Reprint of first edition (NY: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943).
• Targ, William. The making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible, Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1949.
• Warde, Frederic. Bruce Rogers, designer of books And Bruce Rogers: a bibliography; hitherto unrecorded work 1889-1925, complete works 1925-1936, by Irvin Haas. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1936; Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1968.

External links

• An exhibit of Rogers' work at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts
• An article on Centaur, a font designed by Rogers, in Harvard Magazine
• Template:Worldcat id
• Linotype Font Designer Gallery entry for Bruce Rogers

Source

Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006.