Paul Barnes

Paul Barnes (born 1970) is a graphic designer specializing in the fields of lettering, typography, type design and publication design. Working for Roger Black in New York he was involved in redesigns of Newsweek, US and British Esquire and Foreign Affairs. He also art directed Esquire Gentleman and U&lc. He later became the art director of the music magazine Spin.

Since 1995 he has lived and worked in London. He has formed a long term collaboration with Peter Saville, which has resulted in such diverse work as identities for Givenchy, ‘Original Modern’ for Manchester and numerous music based projects, such as Gay Dad, New Order, Joy Division and Electronic. Independently he has created identities for luxury Italian shoe manufacturer, Gianvito Rossi and German publisher, Schirmer Graf.

Barnes has also been an advisor and consultant on numerous publications, notably The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian and The Observer, GQ, Wallpaper*, Harper’s Bazaar and frieze. Whilst consultant to The Guardian he designed Guardian Egyptian with Christian Schwartz.

Following the redesign of The Guardian, as part of the team headed by Mark Porter, Barnes was awarded the Black Pencil from the D&AD. They were also nominated for the Design Museum ‘Designer of the Year’. In September 2006, with Schwartz he was named one of the 40 most influential designers under 40 in Wallpaper*. A year later The Guardian named him as one of the 50 best designers in Britain.

Typefaces designed by or with Paul Barnes

Antique No 6 Antique No 6 Italic Antique No 6 Upright Austin Austin Hairline Condensed Austin Hairline Austin News Deck Austin News Headline Condensed Austin News Headline Austin News Text Austin Text Azzurri Regular Besley Shaded Regular Blake and Stephenson Sans Shaded Regular Blanchard Blanchard Italic Blanchard Upright Brunel Deck Brunel Hairline Brunel Poster Brunel Text Brunel Text Short Caponi Condensed Caponi Display Caponi Slab Caponi Text Caslon Antique Caslon Doric Condensed Caslon Doric Condensed Round Caslon Doric Condensed Text Caslon Doric Extended Caslon Doric Caslon Doric Outline Regular Caslon Doric Wide Caslon Dot Regular Caslon French Antique Caslon Ionic Caslon Ionic Rounded Caslon Italian Caslon Rounded Caslon Sans Shaded Chiswick Deck Chiswick Grotesque Chiswick Headline Chiswick Poster Chiswick Sans Chiswick Sans Poster Chiswick Sans Text Chiswick Text County Dala Floda Dala Moa Dala Prisma Darby Sans Darby Sans Poster Condensed Darby Sans Poster Darby Serif Display Darby Serif Text Duplex Sans Frame Head Frame Italic Frame Text Frame Upright Gabriello Great Western Guardian Agate Sans Guardian Agate Sans Grades Guardian Compact Guardian Egyptian Headline Guardian Egyptian Text Guardian Sans Headline Condensed Guardian Sans Headline Guardian Sans Headline Narrow Guardian Sans Headline X Condensed Guardian Sans Text Ionic Modern Deck Ionic Modern Italic Ionic Modern Poster Ionic Modern Text Ionic Modern Upright Isambard Condensed Isambard Isambard No 2 Isambard Text Isambard X Condensed Le Jeune Deck Le Jeune Hairline Le Jeune Poster Le Jeune Text Marian Marian Text Marr Sans Condensed Marr Sans Original Sans Orlando Orleans Orleans Italic Orleans Upright Publico Banner Condensed Publico Banner Publico Banner X Condensed Publico Headline Condensed Publico Headline Publico Text Publico Text Mono Punch Royal Gothic Sanomat Banner Sanomat Condensed Sanomat Sanomat Italic Sanomat Slab Sanomat Text Sanomat Upright Sanomat X Condensed Spiller Mono Tanja Telesans Agate Telesans Head Telesans Text Thorowgood Egyptian Thorowgood Egyptian Italic Thorowgood Egyptian Upright Thorowgood Grotesque Thorowgood Grotesque Open Williamson Italic

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Paul Barnes

Typefaces designed by or with Paul Barnes