Alexander started as a show card writer for Woodward’s department store in 1939. In 1949 she began as a full-time calligrapher. She was a founding member of the West coast Calligraphy Society in 1978.
Paul Arthur was an innovative designer who is perhaps best remembered for his pioneering work in signage and wayfinding. He wrote extensively on Canadian design and wayfinding.
Carl Dair wrote extensively on type. His best-selling book Design with Type was published in two editions. He also designed Canada’s first Latin textface, Cartier, released in 1967.
Born in Richmond Hill Ontario, Elliott was active in Toronto from the mid-fifties until his untimely death at age 57. A master of all forms of script lettering he also designed photo-lettering alphabets for Headliners.
Fleming was vice president and director of creative services at the Toronto typesetters Cooper & Beatty. An accomplished typographer he is best known for designing the CN logo in 1959.
Gibson began his career as an apprentice hand compositor in London. In 1952 he immigrated to Canada and worked at Cooper & Beatty and then Mono Lino. The Gibson typeface is named after him.
Apprenticed at Howarth & Smith Monotype where he learned to make fonts for the Harris Fototronic. In 1976 he moved to Typsettra where he was soon producing Berthold Diatronic fonts.
Mann became the creative director at Cooper & Beatty in 1963. After C&B he formed Design Collaborative with Rolf Harder, Ernst Roch and Al Faux. In 1967 he established the Design Program at NSCAD.
A designer of notable typefaces, graphic designer, letterpress printer, and proprietor of the Pie Tree Press. Jim Rimmer inspired a generation of West Coast designers and printers.
British born and trained, ‘Sam’ quickly established himself in Toronto. Throughout his career he won many awards and accolades, and like his close friend Carl Dair, Smart wrote extensively on design and type.
A highly respected lettering artist who, with Les Usherwood, established Typsettra in 1968, which became the leading advertising typography shop in Toronto. Thomason retired from Typsettra in 1975.
An entrepreneur at heart, Trevett first joined Cooper & Beatty in 1933. In 1951 he bought the company and transformed it into one of the leading typesetting firms in North America. Jack Trevett retired in 1968.
