The graphic designer who created the Tyne and Wear Metro logo has been honoured with a prestigious award in New York.

Margaret Calvert picked up the prestigious Type Directors Club Medal in Manhattan.

This award recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to typography.

Calvert created the distinctive Calvert font that has become instantly recognisable as a symbol of the Tyne and Wear Metro since 1980.

Calvert designed the large yellow Metro ‘M’ cubes outside stations, on trains, and throughout signage within, including giant wall graphics on underground Metro platforms.

Huw Lewis, Customer Services Director at Nexus, the operator of the Metro, said: “Huge congratulations to Margaret Calvert on this prestigious award from the Type Directors Club.

“This is the woman who created Metro’s iconic typeface, which is at the very core of the brand.

“The Metro logo has become one of our region’s most iconic symbols and that was all thanks to Margaret’s work for us in the late the 1970s.

“It’s a design which has stood the test of time. Margaret’s work for Metro, both the font and the way it is used throughout the system, will be with us for many years to come.”