Robert Norton

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Robert Norton Type designer who joined Microsoft's truetype department (b. London, 1929, d. West Huntspill, Somerset, 2001). Death announcement. Obituary by Nicolas Barker. His fonts include: Else NPL (1981, Stempel AG, and 1982, Norton Photosetting Ltd). Sold by Adobe, it is a feisty Century-style family. Horley Old Style MT. Raleigh (Ingrama, 1977). Co-designed with David Anderson and Adrian Williams, it is sold by Bitstream and URW++. This typeface is characterized by a bloated belly N. Raleigh was produced in 1977 by Robert Norton, and was based on Carl Dair's Cartier typeface, which was designed for the Canadian Centennial and the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. It was renamed Raleigh after Dair's death. Adrian Williams added three weights for a display series, and Robert Norton designed the text version. Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Robert Norton [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Photo and film type era ⦿