What is R. Hunter Middleton?
{{Infobox Artist | name = R. Hunter Middleton | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Hunter Middleton | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|5|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1985|8|3|1898|5|6}} | death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | nationality = | field = [[typography]] | training = | movement = | works = [[Tempo (typeface)|Tempo]], [[Radiant (typeface)|Radiant]] | patrons = | awards = }} '''Robert Hunter Middleton''' (May 6, 1898 &ndash; August 3, 1985) was an [[Scotland|Scottish]]-[[Americans|American]] book designer, painter, and type designer. Middleton was born in [[Glasgow|Glasgow, Scotland]] on May 6, 1898. He came to [[Chicago]] in 1908 where he studied at the [[Art Institute of Chicago|School of the Art Institute]]. He joined the design department of the [[Ludlow Typograph|Ludlow Typograph Company]] in 1923 and served as director of the department of typeface design from 1933 to 1971. In 1944 he began operating a private press, [[The Cherryburn Press]]. He died in Chicago.<ref>Friedl, Ott, and Stein, p. 382.</ref> Middleton died on August 3, 1985 from natural causes in his home in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], aged 87. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, R. Hunter}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:Writers from Chicago]] {{US-bio-stub}}