Ashley Havinden

Ashley Havinden (1903–1973)[1] was an influential British graphic designer in the mid twentieth century.

Specializing in posters, advertisements, logos and typography, he was also a textile and rug designer.

Crawford from the age of 19 where he was influenced by Stanley Morison who had introduced the sans serif faces for Monotype.

Havinden began to use asymmetrical layouts and new forms of lettering which he combined with the pithy words of copywriter Bingy Mills to produce a distinct style.

[4] In 1955 Monotype also released the typeface Ashley Script, by which he immortalised his own handwriting in type.