John Morgan obituary

<p>Graphic designer who dispensed with the traditional prayer book aesthetic in Common Worship for the Church of England and produced lettering for HMS Victory</p><p>Common Worship, the book used by more than a million Church of England congregants a week, brings together “the best of both ancient and modern, classic and contemporary” orders of service. With its call in 2000 for proposals to give the book a refresh, the General Synod found a like mind in the designer and typographer John Morgan who, with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jun/23/derek-birdsall-obituary">Derek Birdsall</a>, dispensed with the traditional prayer book aesthetic of a dense full page to give plenty of space around the orders of service, the design minimal but on an ivory paper stock, imbuing warmth.</p><p>Morgan, who has died aged 52 from a brain tumour, would continue working with the church for more than a decade, developing the original design into different formats and for varying ecclesiastical occasions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/24/john-morgan-obituary">Continue reading...</a>