Edward Johnston
person
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first heard Sep 2026
last heard 15 Sep
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British calligrapher who designed the London Transport typeface
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Peak in the day, 15 Sep — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentSuruthi BalaRedHanded · ShortHand: Eric Gill - British Art’s Darkest Secret · 5:16 · today
…Gill became a disciple of Johnston.…
Suruthi BalaRedHanded · ShortHand: Eric Gill - British Art’s Darkest Secret · 5:08 · today
…One of his teachers was Edward Johnston.…
Helen Zaltzman99% Invisible · Doves Type · 8:55 · 15 Sep
…And the Doves Press began printing books that were received as aesthetically revelatory, with their undecorated white margins and text in plain black 16-point doves type, enlivened with graceful but unostentatious red letters, hand-drawn by the calligrapher Edward Johnston, who went on later to design the iconic typeface of the London Transport System.…
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