Nick Shinn

Nick Shinn (born London, England, 1952) is a typeface designer.

Since 1980 he has designed over 20 typeface families, some for respected publishers, including Walburn and Brown for the Canadian daily "The Globe and Mail."

Many of Nick's early type designs were published by various foundries, most notably the FontFont library.

Shinn is a prolific writer and contributed to the now defunct "Graphic Exchange" magazine, as well as many other publications.

He has also had speaking engagements at conferences such as ATypI and TypeCon and has served as a board member for The Society of Typographic Aficionados.