In 1972 he began studying typographic design at the London College of Printing.
He also taught typographic design at the Pratt Institute from 1955 to 1960.
Important to the typographic design was the kerning, leading between lines, and typeface choice.
He then became an illustrator and created logotypes, graphic and typographic designs for public administration, firms and book covers.
He worked for the firm's Riverside Press and trained as a printer but soon moved to typographic design.
After his return to the U.S., he became assistant professor of typographic design at Carnegie Mellon.
The Vilcek trophy won a 2006 award for typographic design.
This is related to the typographic design of such labels.
No student should be introduced to troff or TeX without skills in both typographic design and computing.
And the commission prefers typographic and monochromatic design to enormous garish images.