Charles Nix

Charles Nix was born in Ohio and studied art and design at the Cooper Union in New York. For two decades he taught design and typography at Parsons School of Design where he also served as the Chair of Communication Design. He has worked as a designer and art director, producing hundreds of books, specializing in publishing for science and nature and creating information-rich typographic systems. He served as President (and later Chairman) of the Type Directors Club. His work continues to focus on the trinity of typography: about type (teaching/writing), of type (designing type); and with type (communication design). He joined Monotype in 2015, where he is currently an Executive Creative Director.