Biography: Churchward, Joseph

Joseph Churchward at work

A photograph of Joseph Churchward seated at a desk and sketching a typeface design on a sheet of paper

Joseph Churchward creating a typeface by hand in his studio in 2008.

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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/joseph-churchward-at-work (accessed 4 June 2026).