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David Kindersley

Born 1915 – Died 1995

Born in Codicote, Kindersley learned stonecutting as apprentice to Eric Gill from 1933. In 1939 he set up his own workshop in Cambridge. He invented a system for the accurate spacing of letters and designed the Octavian font.