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Biography: Churchward, Joseph

Joseph Churchward

A photograph of Joseph Churchward lying on the floor surrounded by printed samples of his typefaces

Type designer Joseph Churchward, surrounded by some of the approximately 700 typefaces he designed.

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Safua Akeli Amaama. 'Churchward, Joseph', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47546/joseph-churchward (accessed 4 June 2026).