About Fay McAlpine
Fay McAlpine was a typographer and university teacher.
Fay McAlpine (born 1964) is a New Zealand designer, typographer and academic at Massey University. McAlpine's "passion for typography has influenced generations of young talent" through her teaching.
Before moving into academia, McAlpine spent 15 years in commercial practice including developing corporate identity systems and publications for DesignWorks, working in their Wellington, Auckland and Sydney offices, and designing stamps for New Zealand Post. Blocks of her stamp designs are held in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
McAlpine was a judge for the 2018 Voyager Media Awards.
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