Max Miedinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss artist (1910-1980)
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1910
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 08-Mar-1980
Profession: type designer, graphic designer, typographer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Max Miedinger
- Max Miedinger (24 December 1910 in Zurich, Switzerland – 8 March 1980, Zurich, Switzerland) was a Swiss typeface designer.
- He was famous for creating the Neue Haas Grotesk typeface in 1957 that was renamed Helvetica in 1960.
- Marketed as a symbol of cutting-edge Swiss technology, Helvetica achieved immediate global success.Between 1926 and 1930 Miedinger trained as a typesetter in Zurich, after which he attended evening classes at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich.
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