Franko Luin

Franko Luin, Swedish type designer of Slovene origin. Born April 6 1941 in Trieste, Italy, died September 15 2005 in Tyresö, Sweden. Studied graphic arts at Grafiska Institutet in Stockholm, where he graduated in 1967. Graphic designer at the telecom company Ericsson 1967 - 1989. He started his own design shop Omnibus Typografi in 1989.

Franko Luin had a keen interest in languages, particularly the international auxiliary language Esperanto, and was for many years president of the Swedish Esperanto association SEF. He wrote poems, translated songs into Esperanto and organized a well renowned homepage, the [http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/ Kiosk] , which had an enormous link list of online newspapers. In his later years, he collected and digitalized many 19th century works by mildly obscure authors and distributed them on his homepage.

Although Franko Luin never officially was a Slovene citizen, he was proud of his roots and kept close contact with his family and Slovene authors.

Typefaces of his design

* Ad Hoc * Baskerville Classico * Birka * Bodoni Classico * Carniola * Caslon Classico * Cirkus * Devin * Dialog * Edinost * Emona * Esperanto * Fortuna * Garamond Classico * Goudy Modern 94 * Goudy Village * Griffo Classico * Humana * Inko * Isolde * Jenson Classico * Jesper * Jonatan * Kalix * Kasper

* Kis Classico * Luma * Manuskript * Marco Polo * Maskot * Memento * Miramar * Norma * Nyfors * Odense * Odense Neon * Omnibus * Pax * Pax #2 * Persona * Ragnar * Res Publica * Rustika * Saga * Semper * Stockholm Runt * Transport * Valdemar * Vega antikva * Zip 2000

links

* http://web.archive.org/web/20050208060345/http://www.luin.se/
* http://www.omnibus.se/lino/more.html Autobiography