Onur Yazicigil was born and raised in Turkey and currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey and MFA in Visual Communication Design from Purdue University, Indiana, USA. Currently he teaches Graphic Design and Information Design classes at Sabanci University in Istanbul. Onur’s design and research interests include book and poster design, information design, type design and history, and calligraphy and lettering. He designed Lokum Sans, a humanistic typeface for display purposes; which is also legible in text sizes. Lokum Sans supports central and eastern European languages and has been sold and used by various designers in Texas, Georgia, Indiana, Utah and Maryland in the USA and Spain, Germany, UK, France, New Zealand and Australia. He is also the designer behind the Purdue Theatre 2008-2009 campaign.

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