Robert Norton (1929–2001) was a British publisher, consultant on printing and Microsoft executive. [1] [2]
The son of the children's author Mary Norton, he established the company Photoscript, a phototypesetting technology company, before moving into digital font technology. [1] [3] He later moved to Seattle to take up a position as an executive at Microsoft, advising on fonts to be included with Windows. [1] [4] [5] Many of the release notes accompanying Microsoft typefaces were written by him. [4] While in Washington, he self-published the book Types Best Remembered/Types Best Forgotten on good and bad choices of font. [6]
He married Abigail Scully in the United States and had four children. [1] After retiring from Microsoft in 1997, he ran his fine press brand, the Parsimony Press, in Huntspill, Somerset. [7] [8]
Robert Norton (1929–2001) was a British publisher, consultant on printing and Microsoft executive. [1] [2]
The son of the children's author Mary Norton, he established the company Photoscript, a phototypesetting technology company, before moving into digital font technology. [1] [3] He later moved to Seattle to take up a position as an executive at Microsoft, advising on fonts to be included with Windows. [1] [4] [5] Many of the release notes accompanying Microsoft typefaces were written by him. [4] While in Washington, he self-published the book Types Best Remembered/Types Best Forgotten on good and bad choices of font. [6]
He married Abigail Scully in the United States and had four children. [1] After retiring from Microsoft in 1997, he ran his fine press brand, the Parsimony Press, in Huntspill, Somerset. [7] [8]