Margaret calvert

Enjoy a free display marking the launch of Network Rail’s new customised typeface, Rail Alphabet 2, designed by the co-designer of the UK’s road signing system, Margaret Calvert.

An update of one of her best-known typefaces, Rail Alphabet 2 is a collaboration between Calvert, Henrik Kubel and design consultancy Spaceagency.

Margaret Calvert. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye.

Margaret Calvert @ Move Museum

Margaret Calvert, UK road signs, 1965

By designing UK's road signs, Margaret Calvert's discreet work helped to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the United Kingdom.

Renowned British graphic designer and typographer Margaret Calvert has released her first print, playing on her iconic work for the UK’s road signs with _Woman at Work_. Originally created by Calvert in 2008 as a canvas piece, and now developed with and screenprinted by London’s Jealous Gallery, the print uses the same style of her pictograms for the original road signs designed in the 1960s, particularly “Man at Work” – depicting a man digging, usually used to denote roadworks. The new…

A new display at the Design Museum is looking back at some of Margaret Calvert’s most enduring designs, which have become synonymous with British identity.

If longevity is any measure, Britain's redesigned 1950s signage system worked: It's still in place today, and has informed a number of other similar projects around the world.