A legendary type designer with more than 1,100 typefaces to his credit, Parker also helped popularize Helvetica. Mike Parker–a legendary typographer, type designer, and historian who is perhaps best known for his work giving the world Helvetica–died Sunday night. He was 85. A consultant, type historian, and designer at Font Bureau, Parker has been described as “the font god,” with the development
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