Robert Harling (typographer)

Robert Henry Harling (London 27 March 1910 - 1 July 2008 Godstone, Surrey) was a British typographer, designer, journalist and novelist who lived to the age of 98.

Books and other work

* "The Letterforms and Type Designs of Eric Gill" (1976)
* "The Hollow Sunday" (1967)
* "The Summer Portrait" (1979)
* "The Endless Colonnade" (1958)
* "The Enormous Shadow" (1955)
* "The Dark Saviour" (1952)
* "The Paper Palace" (1951)
* "British Gardeners: A Biographical Dictionary" (1980)
* editor of Condé Nast’s magazine "House & Garden" (1957- )
* Typefaces "Tea Chest", "Chisel" and the Victorian-style "Playbill" for Sheffield type-foundry Stephenson Blake
* designed the periodical "Art and Industry" (1940)
* editor of "The Sunday Telegraph" (1961- )

He worked for several other newspapers including: "Sunday Times", "Times Literary Supplement", "Financial Times", both editing, writing, designing layout and typesetting.

External links

* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4256995.ece Obituary] in "The Times" 3 July 2008
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-harling-typographer-designer-house--garden-editor-and-author-of-riveting-novels-of-old-fleet-street-862014.html Obituary] in "The Independent"