Bigelow & Holmes

Bigelow & Holmes is a type design partnership between Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. The duo has made significant contributions to digital typography, particularly in screen-optimized type design.

Design Innovation

Bigelow & Holmes pioneered approaches to designing type for low-resolution screens. Their research and practical work helped establish principles for screen typography.

Notable Typefaces

The partnership is best known for the Lucida family, one of the earliest and most successful typeface systems designed specifically for digital environments. Lucida includes serif, sans-serif, and monospace variants.

Industry Impact

Their work on screen legibility influenced how the industry approached digital type design. The Lucida family demonstrated that type could be both technically optimized and aesthetically refined.