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- Alfred John Fairbank CBE (12 July 1895 – 14 March 1982) was a British calligrapher, palaeographer and author on handwriting. Fairbank was a founding member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in 1921, and later became its honourable secretary. He was involved in the foundation of the Society for Italic Handwriting in 1952; his work and 1932 textbook A Handwriting Manual were influential on the italic script handwriting taught in British schools. His portrait was painted by Anna Hornby. For Penguin Books he wrote A Book of Scripts, on writing systems used throughout the world. Fairbank was a civil servant who spent his professional career working at the Admiralty in London and Bath; he retired to Hove on the south coast and lectured at what is now the University of Brighton after his retirement. Fragments from medieval manuscripts collected by Alfred Fairbank are located at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. (en)
- Alfred John Fairbank, né le 12 juillet 1895 à Grimsby et décédé le 14 mars 1982 à Hove dans le Sussex, est un calligraphe, typographe et écrivain britannique. Il a promu l’écriture italique. En 1929, il a créé la première police d’écriture italique de Monotype: l’italique de Bembo. Fairbank étudie à la Central School of Art and Design sous . Il est cofondateur de la Society of Scribes and Illuminators (société des scribes et enlumineurs) en 1921. Il enseigne au Brighton College of Arts de 1955 à 1966. Il crée la Society for Italic Handwriting (société pour l’écriture manuscrite italique) en 1952. (fr)
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- Alfred John Fairbank CBE (12 July 1895 – 14 March 1982) was a British calligrapher, palaeographer and author on handwriting. Fairbank was a founding member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in 1921, and later became its honourable secretary. He was involved in the foundation of the Society for Italic Handwriting in 1952; his work and 1932 textbook A Handwriting Manual were influential on the italic script handwriting taught in British schools. His portrait was painted by Anna Hornby. For Penguin Books he wrote A Book of Scripts, on writing systems used throughout the world. (en)
- Alfred John Fairbank, né le 12 juillet 1895 à Grimsby et décédé le 14 mars 1982 à Hove dans le Sussex, est un calligraphe, typographe et écrivain britannique. Il a promu l’écriture italique. En 1929, il a créé la première police d’écriture italique de Monotype: l’italique de Bembo. (fr)
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