Drawing on Type

Drawing on Type tells the life story of one of Canada’s most colourful typographic characters – Frank Newfeld (1928–2021), a designer, illustrator and storyteller extraordinaire. Born in Czechoslovakia, he spent his youth in England during the Second World War. Newfeld designed over 650 books and won more than 170 international awards. A co-founder and former President of the Society of Typographic Designers of Canada (now Design Professionals of Canada), he also ran the illustration program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.