Christopher Burke (design writer)
Christopher Burke is a British writer on typography and a typeface designer.
Burke worked at Monotype before earning a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading in 1995.
From 1996 to 2001 he taught at the University of Reading, where he planned and conceived the MA in typeface design.
He is probably best known for his 1998 book on the typographer Paul Renner.
Burke's typefaces include Celeste, Celeste Sans, Parable and Pragma.Works
- Burke, Christopher, Paul Renner: The Art of Typography, Hyphen Press, 1998.
- Burke, Christopher, Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography, Hyphen Press, 2007.
- Neurath, Otto, From Hieroglyphics to Isotype: A Visual Autobiography, Hyphen Press, 2010.
