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The story behind the Ko Rongowhakaata typeface

The typeface used in the exhibition ‘Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow’ was developed in 2017. But its origins date back to the early 1800s, and is intimately connected to the iwi. Here is its story.Read more

By: Te Papa

On: 18 Jun 2018

In: Behind the scenes

Queen’s service medal for font designer Joseph Churchward

The 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours list included Samoan-born font designer Joseph Churchward. Since the 1960s, Churchward has hand-created over 570 typefaces (fonts), the greatest number designed by any individual in the world. Click on the image to watch the video interview with Churchward on TVNZ: As a way of documentingRead more

By: Safua Akeli

On: 8 Jun 2010

In: History, Pacific