Anthony Froshaug

Anthony Froshaug (1920 – 1984) was an English typographer and teacher, born in London to a Norwegian father and English mother. He attended Charterhouse School and the Central School of Arts & Crafts.

On leaving the Central in 1939 he began to practice as a freelance graphic designer and typographer. As a typographer, he has been viewed as unusual in running his own small (un-private) press, including two periods of printing in Cornwall (1949–52, 1954–7). Froshaug is sometimes considered to be the most convincing exponent of modern typography in Britain.

Froshaug was a natural teacher: he taught typography, first at the Central School (1948–9, 1952–3), then at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm (1957–61), the Royal College of Art in London (1961–4), Watford School of Art (1964–6); in 1970 he returned to teach (part-time) at the Central School, continuing there until illness forced him to stop.

Following his death, Froshaug's work has been celebrated in articles and books about him. The most notable book to date is "Anthony Froshaug: Typography & texts/Documents of a life" [http://www.hyphenpress.co.uk/books/978-0-907259-09-1] , edited by Robin Kinross. 8v0, the graphic design group in London, also published an article by Kinross in the first of its 8 journals ("Octavo"), published in 1986, which helped a new generation of graphic designers connect to Froshaug's work for the first time.