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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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One of our proudest projects ever: the typography for the Canadian Charter of Rights And Freedoms, in both official languages. We chose Carl Dair’s Cartier typeface, at the time the most prominent Canadian-designed typeface, having been commissioned by the Governor-General as a celebration of Canada’s centenary in 1967. We set that job on our Berthold Alphatype phototypesetting equipment, before Adobe fonts, while you still had to develop, stabilize, fix, wash, dry and wax every galley. Those were good days, Lynne, Betty, Lesli, Acstfiwa, and Quorum Graphics!

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4 Responses to “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”

  1. Richard Wright says:

    Do you know the font used for the 1960 Bill of Rights?
    Thanks, Richard Wright

    • David Berman says:

      Hi Richard Wright,
      Kind of a trick question and here’s the answer: The 1960 Bill of Rights (the official version at the Library of Parliament) is hand-drawn calligraphy in a classic “Chauncery” style. So it’s not really a font at all, i.e. it’s not typesetting.
      By the way, I had the pleasure of working with George Bayne for many years! We were partners in Bayne Herrera Berman Communications.

  2. Richard Sauve says:

    Dont forget to mention that The Charter of Rights and Freedoms was designed by Georges Baynes and production artwork Richard Sauve at BB&H Graphics on McLaren Street in Ottawa. We produced a lot of stuff for the Federal Government. Some of the people that were there at the time were Bob Herrera, Brian Fallack, Frank Parkman etc…

    • David Berman says:

      Hey Richard, thanks for posting! This brings back proud memories of carefully choosing a Canadian design font. I think you meant “George Bayne”?


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