Education
He studied letter forms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books
(1500 years of beautiful handwriting - from Imperial Rome ...)
1500 years of beautiful handwriting - from Imperial Rome to the Renaissance - by Arthur Baker, America's greatest, and most prolific, contemporary calligrapher. An invaluable reference book to all who use and admire letters.
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He studied letter forms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books
Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy. Baker designed his own pens and brushes. Baker lives in Andover, Massachusetts.
His hobbies include designing, making and flying paper airplanes.
Amigo Baker Sans—Eddie Bauer 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-Cola used Signet Bold for the word "Coke" and Fleet Bank uses it for its logo. Tiepolo—Lipton foods.
(1500 years of beautiful handwriting - from Imperial Rome ...)