Contact books and covers

CH/2/2

c.1945-1948

Charles Hasler worked as a freelance designer producing posters for the British Transport Commission from the 1940s to the 1960s, during which time he was also a consultant for the printing company Waterlow & Sons Ltd for whom he designed their house-style. Between 1942 and 1951, Hasler was an exhibition designer for the Ministry of Information and the Central Office of Information. He worked on displays such as ‘Dig For Victory’, ‘Make Do and Mend’ and ‘Nation and the Child’. After the war, he became a senior designer and chairman of the Typographic Panel for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Hasler also designed covers, layouts and occasionally contributed articles for publications such as The Penrose Annual, Architectural Review, and The Complete Imbiber (vols 4 - 12, 1961-1971) for Vista Books, and various companies' trade literature as well as many smaller commissions for company logos. He wrote and published articles about typography and printing technique (both contemporary and historical, particularly Victorian colour printing) and in 1979 his 'The Royal Arms: its graphic and decorative development', a comprehensive work on the development of the styles and decoration of crests in Britain, was published by Jupiter Books.

Two copies of Contact books, plus three outer covers. Charles Hasler was involved in typographic design for Contact Books.

3 books and 3 cook covers

sub-series

, Charles Hasler, 1908-1992

Copyright Status: Hasler worked on the layout and the typefaces for the books. The layouts would be out of copyright. The typefaces will still be in copyright and last until 1st Jan 2063. Depending upon the publication, there are also likely to be a range of other rights. Ownership of Rights: Copyright probably lies with client who commissioned the work from Hasler, and potential users would need to clear copyright with them. For other works, such as articles and images by named authors, permissions could be sought from the publishing house first to check the status. : It might be possible to cross reference to Hasler€™s business correspondence to see if particular agreements were made. It would probably be necessary to decide on a case by case basis based on risk assessment of proposed reproduction use. Rights will also need to be sought from named the publishing house in the first instance to use other works.