title: Arthur Baker (calligrapher)
text: # Arthur Baker (calligrapher)
  
  Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy.
  
  Baker grew up in Berkeley, California. He attended school on the West Coast of the United States and New York City, where he studied under Oscar Ogg, George Salter, and Tommy Tompson.
  
  He studied letterforms and historical calligraphic styles, about which he wrote many books. Baker also designed typefaces, and his own pens and brushes.
  
  Baker lived most of his life in Andover, Massachusetts. His hobbies included designing, making and flying paper airplanes.
  
  Baker died in December 2016 at the age of 86. His archive is held at Letterform Archive
  
  ## Typefaces
  
  * Amigo
  * Baker Sans—Eddie Bauer catalog logo and text.
  * Baker Signet—designed in 1965.
  * Calligraphica
  * Cold Mountain
  * Collier Script
  * Daybreak
  * Duckweed
  * Fish Face
  * Hiroshige
  * Kigali
  * Kigali Block
  * Kigali Decorative
  * Kigali ZigZag
  * Marigold
  * Mercator
  * Oak Graphic
  * Oxford
  * Pelican
  * Sassafras
  * Signet—Coca-Cola used Signet Bold for the word 'Coke' and Fleet Bank uses it for its logo.
  * Tiepolo—Lipton foods.
  * Visigoth
  