# Roy Cole

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For the Canadian Olympic shooter, see [Roy Cole (sport shooter)](/source/Roy_Cole_(sport_shooter)). For the Liberty ship, see [SS Roy James Cole](/source/SS_Roy_James_Cole).

**Roy Cole** (1932–2012) was a [type designer](/source/Type_designer). His introduction to [type](/source/Typesetting) began at the age of fourteen with an apprenticeship in the [composing room](/source/Composing_room) of a printers in Idle, Bradford. This was followed by several years working as a [journeyman](/source/Journeyman) compositor in the UK and in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). In 1960 he attended the [typography](/source/Typography) course at the [Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel](/source/Schule_f%C3%BCr_Gestaltung_Basel), in Switzerland, under [Emil Ruder](/source/Emil_Ruder)'s tutelage. In 1961 he married Maria Zenz from Austria, who he had met in Basel. There followed several years working as a salaried [typographer](/source/Typographer), both at home and overseas, and he also served as an assessor for the Society of Typographic Designers' student assessments in the late 1970s–early 1980s. In 1981 he became a freelance [book designer](/source/Book_design) for, amongst others, Philip Wilson Publishers, the [Ashmolean Museum](/source/Ashmolean_Museum) and the [Bodleian Library](/source/Bodleian_Library). Then, in 1990, he was invited as foreign guest juror for Stiftung Buchkunst's Best German book design competition. In 2003 he formed **Roy Cole typography**, a [type foundry](/source/Type_foundry) based in Wells, England, dedicated to exploring and developing [type families](/source/Typeface#Terminology) in the [sans serif](/source/Sans_serif) style.

## Type families designed by Roy Cole

- Lina 2003 (six styles)
- Zeta 2006 (six styles)
- Colophon 2009 (six styles)
- Coleface 2012 (six styles)

## References

- Schmid, *typography today*, *Idea* special issue, 1980, p. 93
- Schmid, *the road to Basel*, typographic reflections, 1997, pp. 24–25, 34–37
- *Typographische Monatsblätter*, no.3, 1998, pp. 6–9
- *Typographische Monatsblätter*, no.3, 2007, pp. 28–29
- *Roy Cole, typographer, photographer, typeface designer*, *Idea*, 2013, pp. 177–184

## External links

- [List of fonts – Monotype](https://www.myfonts.com/search/roy+cole/all/)
- [Biography – Linotype](https://www.linotype.com/7275/roy-cole.html)
- [Samples of Roy Cole fonts](https://www.fonts.com/search/all-fonts?searchtext=roy+cole&SearchType=AllFonts)

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