Richard J. Bradley

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Richard J. Bradley Artist, calligrapher and type designer born in Portsmouth, England, in 1947. Richard Bradley designed ITC Bradley Hand (1995), Fine Hand (1987), Calligraphic Ornaments (1993, ITC; also in the Corel collection), and the flowing Bible Script (1979). Part-time teacher at the Portsmouth College of Art, and type designer for Linotype. From 2006 onwards, he cooperated with David Kettlewell at New Renaissance Fonts, where he jointly developed these renaissance-era fonts: AliceScrolltipRoman, RicksDecoratedUncial-Medium, RicksFolkloreRoman, RicksRelaxedHand-Italic, SevilliaDancingText, Sevilliastandingtext, Sevilliatiles, Ashbourne 1241 (2009, an uncial based on a gravestone in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, dated 1241). Future releases will include Ashbourne Uncials, Rick's Christmas card, Country Cursive, Curly Classic, Rick's Graphica, Rick's Rustic Caps, Rick's Rustic lettering, and Rick's Square Caps. In 2011, he and Linotype released a 3-style extension of Bradley Hand called Bradley Type. At New Renaissance Fonts, he released Bradley Chancery (2011), Alice Scrolltip (2006) and Sonnet Script (2011, inspired by the calligraphy of the Welsh artist and poet David Jones (1895-1974)). Bradley Texting (2014) is an informal script. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Linotype link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Richard J. Bradley [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿ Uncial typefaces ⦿ Watercolor brush script typefaces ⦿