Erich Alb
Erich Alb (b. 1945, Zurich). Trained as a compositor and Monotype keyboard operator. Studied in the advanced typography course in Basel followed by a career as book designer. Publisher of books about type design: established Syntax Press (1994) and Syndor Press with Adrian Frutiger. Alb has served as assistant to Frutiger, Meier, Gürtler and Hoffmann and has been privileged to count these professionals as close friends. Conserving the archives of type designers over many years.
At ATypI Sao Paulo 2015 Erich Alb will be speaking at:
- Homage: The Challenges of Hans Eduard Meier Thu 15 Oct 1430
