Arthur Baker

Arthur Baker ( – December 2016) was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy.

Biography Baker grew up in Berkeley, California. He attended school on the West Coast of the United States and New York City, where he studied under Oscar Ogg, George Salter, and Tommy Tompson.

Baker studied letterforms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books. Baker also designed typefaces, and his own pens and brushes.

Baker lived most of his life in Andover, Massachusetts. His hobbies included designing, making and flying paper airplanes.

Baker died in December 2016, at the age of 86. His archive is held at Letterform Archive

Typefaces 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. Visigoth