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Oscar Ogg

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Oscar Ogg (1908–1971) was an American calligrapher and writer.

Life

He was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1908 and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1931. He worked for the Book-of-the-Month club and also studied, lectured on, and practiced calligraphy in New York. In 1946, his book The 26 Letters was published by Crowell. This was a history of the alphabet from Phoenician times to the present. Ogg developed typefaces and fonts still in use in the 21st century. He died in 1971 in Stamford, Connecticut.

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Ogg obituary".
  2. "BookTalk on Oscar Ogg".
  3. "Oscar Ogg". luc.devroye.org.
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