Christopher Burke (design writer)

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Christopher Burke (born 1967) is a British writer on typography and a typeface designer.

Burke worked at Monotype before earning a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading in 1995.

From 1996 to 2001 he taught at the University of Reading, where he planned and conceived the MA in typeface design.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiberniatype.com/|title=Hibernia Type|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413164645/http://www.hiberniatype.com/|archivedate=2012-04-13}}

He is probably best known for his 1998 book on the typographer Paul Renner.

Burke's typefaces include Celeste, Celeste Sans, Parable and Pragma.