In his tenure as senior designer, Lipton developed two original type families: Arrus, and Cataneo (with Jacqueline Sakwa). In 1983, Lipton began working for Bitstream, a digital type foundry and helped to make Bitstream’s type library one of the most respected in the industry.
He continued his lettering journey in 1974 as a freelance calligrapher, signpainter, and graphic designer and eventually established a calligraphy studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 'Richard Lipton grew up in New York City and studied art and design upstate at Harpur College where he was introduced to the magic of calligraphy. Bickham Script Pro was created by Richard Lipton in 1997, and is available as part of the Adobe Type Library.' (Source #1) It’s an ornate, romantic typeface, available in regular, bold, and semibold weights. Its History: ' Bickham Script Pro is a script typeface based on English round hand writing common in the 18th century, and specifically on the engravings of George Bickham.
