Martin Wait
Information about the font designer Martin Wait and his typefaces.
Martin Wait was born in 1942 at Forest Gate, East London, UK. He went to Lister Technical College, an art school that gave him a basic training in art. From there he worked in various studios around London where he was taught lettering.
He sent an idea for a typeface to Letraset; they rejected it but liked the lettering on his letterhead. He drew up a font based on that, which subsequently became Masquerade.
He went on to design and draw up about 30 typefaces for Letraset. He now lives and works at Horndon on the Hill, Essex, UK, with his wife and youngest son.
[Martin Wait, April 2002]
About Balmoral™ Plain
Martin Wait designed Balmoral in 1978. Balmoral is an elegant and free-flowing copperplate script style typeface. Generous initial capitals complement the more restrained lowercase letters that join for balanced letter spacing in word settings. Balmoral is excellent for use on certificates, citations, diplomas, and in greeting card applications.
Other fonts designed by Martin Wait:
Artiste
Balmoral
Balmoral (EF)
Balmoral (ICG)
Banner
Bertram
Challenge Bold
Challenge Bold (EF)
Linotype Conference
Conference
Emphasis
Forest Shaded
Freestyle Script
Freestyle Script (EF)
Freestyle Script Bold
Hadfield
Hadfield (EF)
Linotype Horndon
Horndon
Informal Roman
Julietrose
Laser
Laser Chrome
New Spectra
EF Pendry Script
Pendry Script
Pritchard
Pritchard Line Out
Rapier
Refracta
Riva
Linotype Roman Script
Roquette
Scriba
Tractor
Wild Thing
Reference:
http://www.identifont.com/show?16G
http://www.linotype.com/29/fontdesigners.html
http://www.myfonts.com/person/wait/martin/
http://images.google.com.au
