Article: Peter Holliday. Edward Johnston: Master Calligrapher.(Book review)

PETER HOLLIDAY. Edward Johnston: Master Calligrapher. London: British Library; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2007. xxii, 389, [5] pp. ISBN 9781584561989. $49.95.

No less an authority than Stanley Morison wrote that "Edward Johnston has effected a remarkable renaissance in calligraphy." Ruari McLean noted in 1959 that "practically all lettering in Europe today is being taught by people taught by people taught by Johnston." Francis Meynell, who like Morison knew Johnston personally, called him one of the great men of his time. Matthew Carter inquired of Nicholas Barker if there was ever a better manual on any subject than Johnston's Writing & Illuminating, & ...

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