John Langdon (born April 19, 1946) is an American graphic designer, ambigram artist, painter and writer. The son of George Langdon, a teacher at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, Langdon attended that school from 1950-1964. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Dickinson College, graduating in 1968. A self-taught artist and graphic designer, Langdon has free-lanced as a lettering artist and logo design specialist since 1976.

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  • John Langdon (born April 19, 1946) is an American graphic designer, ambigram artist, painter and writer. The son of George Langdon, a teacher at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, Langdon attended that school from 1950-1964. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Dickinson College, graduating in 1968. A self-taught artist and graphic designer, Langdon has free-lanced as a lettering artist and logo design specialist since 1976. Known for his ambigrams, which he began developing in the late 1960s and early 70s, Langdon featured those and his essays in the book Wordplay published in 1992. Langdon is known mostly through his association with Dan Brown, and the novels The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. The protagonist of these novels was named Robert Langdon as a tribute to Langdon. Langdon’s primary artistic influences include surrealists Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, cubists Barque, Picasso and Gris, graphic artist M. C. Escher, and type designer Herb Lubalin. Langdon is now a professor of typography and corporate identity at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He continues to do work on ambigrams, as well as paintings and fine art works that incorporate language, type and philosophy.
  • John Langdon er en amerikansk kunstspesialist eller typograf som har spesialisert seg i å lage ambigrammer. Langdon fikk hans bachelonargrad i engelsk fra Dickinson College. Han er mest kjent for ambiagramene han designet i Dan Browns roman Engler og Demoner. Som en heder til John Langdon ble hovedpersonen kalt Robert Langdon. Langdon jobbet som en reklamelogodesigner i 1980-åra i Philadelphia og New York. Han er nå en professor i typografi. Han jobber både med ambigram, maling, finere kunst, fremmedspråk og filosofi. Langdom har også skrevet boka ' (2005) som inneholder et forord av Dan Brown.
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  • John Langdon (born April 19, 1946) is an American graphic designer, ambigram artist, painter and writer. The son of George Langdon, a teacher at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, Langdon attended that school from 1950-1964. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Dickinson College, graduating in 1968. A self-taught artist and graphic designer, Langdon has free-lanced as a lettering artist and logo design specialist since 1976.
  • John Langdon er en amerikansk kunstspesialist eller typograf som har spesialisert seg i å lage ambigrammer. Langdon fikk hans bachelonargrad i engelsk fra Dickinson College. Han er mest kjent for ambiagramene han designet i Dan Browns roman Engler og Demoner. Som en heder til John Langdon ble hovedpersonen kalt Robert Langdon. Langdon jobbet som en reklamelogodesigner i 1980-åra i Philadelphia og New York. Han er nå en professor i typografi.
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  • John Langdon (typographer)
  • John Langdon (kunstner)
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