Michael Harvey (lettering artist)
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Michael Harvey MBE
(born 1931) is an English lettering artist, teacher and writer specialising in typography
, calligraphy
, drawing
, type design
and letter carving. His work appears in many English cathedrals and on the National Gallery
, London.
He has designed a number of typefaces, including Zephyr, Strayhorn, Andreas
and Ellington
.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 1931) is an English lettering artist, teacher and writer specialising in typography
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
, calligraphy
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"...
, drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, type design
Type design
Type design is the art of designing typefaces.- History :Although the technology of printing text using movable type was invented in China, and despite the esteem which calligraphy held in that civilization, the vast number of Chinese characters meant that few distinctive, complete fonts could be...
and letter carving. His work appears in many English cathedrals and on the National Gallery
National gallery
The National Gallery is an art gallery on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom.National Gallery may also refer to:*Armenia: National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan*Australia:**National Gallery of Australia, Canberra...
, London.
He has designed a number of typefaces, including Zephyr, Strayhorn, Andreas
Andreas (typeface)
Andreas is a humanist serif typeface designed by Michael Harvey, and licensed from the Adobe Type library. Harvey drew the lettering in 1988 as part of the book-jacket design for James F. Peck's book In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students, a Yale University Press...
and Ellington
Ellington (typeface)
Ellington is a display typeface designed by Michael Harvey licensed from Monotype. It was designed in 1990 and it is named after Duke Ellington. The face has a large x-height and combines features of a modern serif typefaces with calligraphic elements....
.
Select bibliography
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- Harvey, Michael. Letters into words. London: Clowes, 1973.
- Harvey, Michael. Lettering design: form and skill in the design and use of letters. London: Bodley Head, 1975.
- Harvey, Michael. Creative lettering, drawing and design. London: Bodley Head, 1985.
- Harvey, Michael. Carving letters in stone and wood. London: Bodley Head, 1987.
- Harvey, Michael. Calligraphy in the graphic arts. London: Bodley Head, 1988.
- Harvey, Michael. Reynolds Stone: engraved lettering in wood. Netheron: Fleece Press, 1992.
- Harvey, Michael. Creative lettering today. London: A. & C. Black, 1996.
External links
- Michael Harvey biography on www.myfonts.com