Bill LaFever

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Bill LaFever Bill LaFever studied art and calligraphy at St. Ambrose College (which was run by famous calligrapher and liturgical artist Fr. Edward Catich), class of 1970. From 1970 until 2008, Bill worked at Hallmark Cards as a calligrapher, lettering artist and graphic designer. Bill currently designs fonts out of his home in Prairie Village, Kansas. In 2017, he published the script typeface Feverish at Veil of Perception. While only published in 2017, this typeface has a history, as explained by LaFever: Feverish was a font borne out of perceived need in the marketplace. Hallmark retired font designer and master letter designer Myron McVay first approached Bill LaFever to collaborate on a project to design a semiformal calligraphic script that could be set as text copy with a large variety of swash and alternative characters and small caps. Bill penned the initial forms and Myron did the digital conversions and initial technical work. After Myron passed away, Terry Lee, a protégé of Myron's at Hallmark---also retired---took over and the project was completed.	EXTERNAL LINKS Bill LaFever [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in Kansas ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿