Martin Wait

{{Short description|British designer (1942–2012)}}

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Martin Wait (1942–2012) was a British font designer and graphic designer.{{cite web|title=Martin Wait|url=http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftdesigner/Wait/MWait.pdf|publisher=Klingspor Museum|accessdate=28 June 2016}} He was best known for his work for Letraset, which created dry transfer lettering used on advertising and other lettering projects.

Wait was born in Forest Gate in London and attended Lister Community School in Plaistow.{{cite web|last1=Haley|first1=Allan|title=Martin Wait: Designer Of Typefaces With Charm And Grace|url=http://blog.fonts.com/2012/08/martin-wait-designer-of-typefaces-with-charm-and-grace/|website=Fonts.com|accessdate=28 June 2016}}{{cite web|title=Martin Wait|url=http://www.identifont.com/show?16G|website=Identifont|accessdate=28 June 2016}} Despite having dyslexia, he created custom lettering for advertising, including logos for Tetley's, the Radio Times, Fox's Glacier Mints and Alpen cereal.{{cite web|title=Martin Wait|url=https://www.fonts.com/browse/designers/martin-wait|website=Fonts.com|accessdate=28 June 2016}} He later came to design fonts for Letraset and Monotype, often in the script typeface genre.{{cite book|author1=Kate Clair|author2=Cynthia Busic-Snyder|title=A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and Artistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf0iDYCr6w0C&pg=PA152|date=20 June 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-39988-0|page=152}}{{cite book|author1=Alastair Campbell|author2=Alistair Dabbs|title=Pocket Essentials: Typography: The History and Principles of the Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9DDCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT452|date=1 February 2014|publisher=Octopus|isbn=978-1-78157-155-2|page=452}}