Arthur Baker (calligrapher)
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Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy
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Arthur Baker was born on the West coast of the United States
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He studied letter forms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books. Baker designed his own pens and brushes.
Baker lives in Andover, Massachusetts
. His hobbies include designing, making and flying paper airplanes.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering . A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner"...
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Arthur Baker was born on the West coast of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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He studied letter forms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books. Baker designed his own pens and brushes.
Baker lives in Andover, Massachusetts
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
. His hobbies include designing, making and flying paper airplanes.
Typefaces
- Amigo
- Baker Sans—Eddie BauerEddie BauerEddie Bauer Holdings Inc. is a holding company that operates the Eddie Bauer clothing store chain, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. EBH was formed after Eddie Bauer's former parent company, Spiegel, Inc., went bankrupt in 2003...
catalog logo and text. - Baker Signet—designed in 1965.
- Calligraphica
- Cold Mountain
- Collier Script
- Daybreak
- Duckweed
- Fish Face
- Hiroshige
- Kigali
- Kigali Block
- Kigali Decorative
- Kigali ZigZag
- Marigold
- Mercator
- Oak Graphic
- Oxford
- Pelican
- Sassafras
- Signet—Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
used Signet Bold for the word 'Coke' and Fleet Bank uses it for its logo. - Tiepolo—LiptonLiptonLipton is a brand of tea currently owned by Unilever.-History of Lipton Tea:Lipton was created at the end of the 19th century by a grocer, Sir Thomas Lipton, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1893, he established the Thomas J. Lipton Co., a tea packing company with its headquarters and factory in Hobo ken,...
foods. - Visigoth