William Graily Hewitt

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William Graily Hewitt English calligrapher and illuminator, b. 1864, London. He started out as a lawyer, then as a writer, before turning to calligraphy. He was one of the first students of Edward Johnston at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London in 1900. Hewitt went on to teach classes at the School for over thirty years. Hewitt's works include The Pen and Type Design (1928), which was set in his own typeface, Treyford, and Lettering (1930; reprinted in 1976 by Pentalic in New York). He died in 1952. Hewitt designed Gwendolin for The Greynog Press in 1935. Berry, Johnson and Jaspert write: In general this roman is a Venetian but reminiscent of the calligrapher in many of the serifs, for example on the E, L and the feet of m, n and u. The capitals are mostly wide, especially the splayed M. U has the lower-case design. The lower-case g has a very broad tail and the w a cursive form.	EXTERNAL LINKS William Graily Hewitt [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Venetian or antiqua typefaces ⦿

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