Re-post of this posting on my blog from June 2011 Type Reference 1, Tony Forster and Letraset...

Tony Forster was my Tutor/Mentor and for a time Friend, who always had time for a chat and advice at Bolton College of Art & Design, Bolton in the UK from 1977 to 1981, and then for many years after. Everything that I know about Headline/Hand crafted Typography and Layout, came from Tony. It's hard to believe that he is no longer with us and that it's 4 years since he passed away. Just to give you some idea of the immense knowledge and how well connected Tony was, the following are some of the names he passed on to me in the first 2 years of my course. Herb Lubalin, Alan Fletcher, Trevor Johnson, Saul Bass, Massimo Vignelli, Phil Grimshaw, Lionel Hatch, Rolling Stone Magazine, Eric Gill, David Hillman, The Quick Brown Fox Company, JWT Manchester, Royle/Murgatroyd Design, Keith Murgatroyd, Mouse and Kelly, Michael English, Philip Castle to name but a few… Tony also in his later work had a connection to Art Nouveau and Charles Rennie Mackintosh having designed a family of fonts called 'Willow' CRM reference The next post on Art Nouveau and Mackintosh will follow this posting...