Jan
Tschichold died in the hospital at Locarno in 1974.
Tschichold studied book design at Leizpig Academy. During his life many influenced
Tschihold. He was influenced by Rudolph Koch’s font Maximillian Grotesk. He also collected the works of script master Pierre Simon Fournier. The typefaces designed by Tschihold include
Transit (1931), Saskia (1931/1932), Zeus (1931), and Sabon (1966/1967) after Jacques