[1] First training as a lawyer, he interrupted his career to write a novel and a volume of short stories.
[3] Hewitt remained at the Central School until the 1920s and 1930s, publishing together with Johnston throughout the early part of the century and working with a series of other illuminators over the decades.
[4] Hewitt was central to the revival of gilding in calligraphy, and his prolific output on type design also appeared between 1915 and 1943.
[12] He also created a series of initials for St. John Hornby's Ashendene Press, during the long period 1902 to 1935.
[15] His pupils included Percy Delf Smith, who he recommended to take over his teaching position at Camberwell.