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Margaret Calvert

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English graphic designer and typographer

United KingdomArtistsBorn 1936 · age 90
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Margaret Vivienne Calvert is a British typographer and graphic designer who, with colleague Jock Kinneir, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and British Overseas Territories, as well as the Transport typeface used on road signs, the Rail Alphabet typeface used on...

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2016Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2011Royal Designer for Industry

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Margaret Vivienne Calvert is a British typographer and graphic designer who, with colleague Jock Kinneir, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and British Overseas Territories, as well as the Transport typeface used on road signs, the Rail Alphabet typeface used on the British railway system, and an early version of the signs used in airports. The typeface developed by Kinneir and Calvert was further developed into New Transport and used for the single domain GOV.UK website in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom
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Born 1936 · age 90
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