Rogers, Bruce

Rogers, Bruce,

1870–1957, American typographer and book designer, b. Lafayette, Ind. As printing adviser to Cambridge Univ. Press, Harvard Univ. Press, and to commercial houses specializing in limited editions and fine printing, he earned a reputation as his era's leading American book designer. Influenced by Nicolas Jenson's types, he designed the Centaur typeface and the format of the Oxford Lectern Bible (1935). Rogers also wrote Paragraphs on Printing (1943) and Pi (1953), a collection of letters, papers, and addresses.

Rogers, Bruce

(1870–1957) book designer; born in Lafayette, Ind. A longtime designer of limited editions for Riverside Press, Harvard University Press (1895–1934), and others, he designed over 400 books, including a well-known 1909 edition of The Compleat Angler. He also developed the Centaur typeface.