Margaret Calvert
Margaret Vivienne Calvert [1] OBE RDI (amụrụ 1936) bụ onye na-ede akwụkwọ na onye na-ese ihe na Britain bụ onye, ya na onye ọrụ ibe Jock Kinneir, haziri ọtụtụ akara ngosi okporo ụzọ a na-eji na United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, na British Overseas Territories, yana font Transport eji na akara okporo ụzọ. The Rail Alphabet font eji na British ụgbọ okporo ígwè usoro, na mbụ ụdị nke akara eji na ọdụ ụgbọ elu. Ụdị ụdị nke Kinneir na Calvert mepụtara bụ nke e mekwara ka ọ bụrụ New Transport ma jiri ya mee otu ngalaba GOV. Weebụsaịtị UK dị na United Kingdom. [2]
Margaret Vivienne Calvert | |
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| Born | 12 Mee 1936 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School, London |
| Alma mater | Chelsea College of Arts, London |
| Occupation | Typographer and graphic designer |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Known for | Design of road signs in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories. |
Notable work | |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Obodoézè Nà Ofú |
| Aha ọmụmụ | Margaret Vivienne Calvert |
| aha enyere | Margaret |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 12 Mee 1936 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Durban |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | omebe ihe nkiri |
| ebe agụmakwụkwọ | St Paul's Girls' School, Pretoria High School for Girls |
| oge ọrụ ya (mmalite) | 1957 |
| Ihe nrite | Onye isi nke Order nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain, Royal Designer for Industry |
Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
dezieAmụrụ na South Africa, Calvert kwagara England na 1950, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na St Paul's Girls' School na Chelsea College of Art . Kinneir, onye nkuzi ya, gwara ya ka o nyere ya aka chepụta akara maka ọdụ ụgbọ elu Gatwick . Ha họọrọ oji na atụmatụ odo odo maka akara ngosi mgbe ha nyochachara nchikota kachasị dị irè. [3] Ha chekwara akara akpa maka P & O Lines na 1957. [4] [5]
Ọrụ
dezieN'afọ 1957, a họpụtara Kinneir onye isi akara maka okporo ụzọ Britain. Mgbe ahụ, ọ goro Calvert [6] ka ọ gbanwee usoro akara okporo ụzọ wee wepụta eserese dị mfe, dị mfe nghọta, gụnyere akara maka 'ndị ikom na-arụ ọrụ' (onye na-egwu ala), 'anụmanụ ugbo' (dabere na a ehi aha ya bụ Patience nke bi n'ugbo dị nso ebe o tolitere), na 'ụmụ akwụkwọ nọ nso' (nwa agbọghọ na-edu nwa nwoke n'aka, nke o kwuru na a kpụrụ ya n'ezie), na-eji ụkpụrụ European nke akara triangular maka ịdọ aka ná ntị. na okirikiri maka mmachibido iwu. [7] Ndị gọọmentị Britain hibere kọmitii Worboys na Julaị 1963 iji nyochaa akara n'okporo ụzọ Britain niile.
Na mgbakwunye na akara okporo ụzọ ya, Calvert emebela mkpụrụedemede azụmahịa maka Monotype, gụnyere mkpụrụedemede Calvert akpọrọ aha, ihe njiri serif slab nke o mepụtara na 1980. Ọ malitere na atụmatụ 1970s maka obodo ọhụrụ French nke Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines maka mkpụrụedemede ọhụrụ iji nye obodo ahụ ihe ngosi. Agbanyeghị, ajụrụ ụdị mkpụrụedemede slab-serif na ụdị mkpụrụedemede nwere akụkụ atọ. [5] Sistemu Tyne na Wear Metro wee nabata font ahụ yana ụgbọ ala na ụgbọ mmiri nke ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ England na 1980s. [8]
Osisi ọrụ
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Transport typeface, used on road signs in the UK and several other countries -
Rail Alphabet typeface, used throughout British Rail and formerly the National Health Service in the UK -
Motorway typeface, used for road numbering on UK motorways -
Calvert typeface, on a sign from Haymarket station on the Tyne and Wear Metro -
Calvert typeface on the Tyne and Wear Metro -
Roadworks sign used in the UK, one of the pictographic signs designed by Calvert ahead of the 1963 Worboys Review -
UK road sign warning of farm animals, based on a cow Calvert remembered from her childhood -
UK road sign warning of wild animals, inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's photographs of animals in motion. -
UK road sign warning of schoolchildren, one of the pictographic signs designed by Calvert ahead of the 1963 Worboys Review
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Ntụaka
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- ↑ Birthday Honours 2016: the Prime Minister's list. UK Government. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
- ↑ A few words on Typography. GDS Blog. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Baines (10 September 2003). "The Time of the Signs". Frieze (77). Retrieved on 22 June 2009.
- ↑ P&O-Orient Lines Luggage Labels. Jock Kinnear Library. Retrieved on 24 October 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wainwright (23 October 2020). Are we nearly there yet? How Margaret Calvert steered Britain into the fast lane. The Guardian. Retrieved on 23 October 2020. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Wainwright2020" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ McLaughlin (2018-02-05). The most influential female designers of the last century (en-UK). Design Week. Retrieved on 2023-02-19.
- ↑ McClatchey (9 December 2011). The road sign as design classic. BBC News. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Calvert. Identifont. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.