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Margaret Calvert Celebrates British Road Signage Legacy
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Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work, a new crowdfunded retrospective published by Adrian Shaughnessy, documents Calvert's four-decade contribution to UK road and transport signage, fonts and pictograms. The book highlights her introduction of lower-case type, color-coding, and the Rail Alphabet 2 redesign, emphasizing clarity and safety at speed. It underscores the enduring practical and aesthetic impact of her work on public wayfinding.


