Oscar Ogg Explained

Oscar Ogg (1908–1971) was an American calligrapher and writer.

Life

He was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1908 and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1931.[1] He worked for the Book-of-the-Month club and aldo studied, lectured on, and practiced calligraphy in New York. In 1946, his book The 26 Letters was published by Crowell. This was a history of the alphabet from Phoenician times to the present.[2] Ogg developed typefaces and fonts still in use in the 21st century.[3] He died in 1971 in Stamford, Connecticut.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oscar Ogg obituary.
  2. Web site: BookTalk on Oscar Ogg .
  3. Web site: Oscar Ogg. luc.devroye.org.