Robert Norton (typographer) explained

Robert Norton (1929–2001) was a British publisher, consultant on printing and Microsoft executive.^{[1] [2]}

The son of the children's author Mary Norton, he established the company Photoscript, a phototypesetting technology company, before moving into digital font technology.^[3] He later moved to Seattle to take up a position as an executive at Microsoft, advising on fonts to be included with Windows.^[4] Many of the release notes accompanying Microsoft typefaces were written by him.^[5] While in Washington, he self-published the book Types Best Remembered/Types Best Forgotten on good and bad choices of font.^[6]

He married Abigail Scully in the United States and had four children. After retiring from Microsoft in 1997, he ran his fine press brand, the Parsimony Press, in Huntspill, Somerset.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barker. Nicolas. Nicolas Barker. Robert Norton (obituary). The Independent. 15 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20010413122646/http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=63608. 13 April 2001.
2. Book: Neil Macmillan. An A-Z of Type Designers. 2006. Yale University Press. 0-300-11151-7. 141.
3. https://www.mercerdesign.com/true-story-westminster-font/ The truth about Westminster (the font!)
4. Web site: Beaumont-Thomas. Ben. How we made the typeface Comic Sans. The Guardian. 15 October 2017.
5. Web site: Berry. John. The Mischievous Mind behind Microsoft’s TrueType Fonts. Creative Pro. 15 October 2017.
6. Book: Norton. Robert. A Collection of Observations on Types Best Remembered by Various People Charitably Disposed to an Expatriate. 1993. Parsimony Press. Kirkland. 1884606008.
7. Web site: It is with great sadness to report that our dear friend Robert passed away in peace last night.. Microsoft. 15 October 2017.
8. Web site: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce. The Guardian. 15 October 2017.