Described as "one of the last survivors from the great days of British Printing", Atterbury joined the RAF as a boy entrant in 1936 and developed an interest in typography and publishing after being ordered to prepare technical manuals.

He joined Faber & Faber after WWII ended, leaving the publisher in 1950 to start his own letterpress printing business, initially in a garden shed at the family home in Westerham, and then in rented buildings in the town.

The firm grew rapidly, moving from letterpress to lithography and always exploring the latest technical advances. An important offshoot was Rocappi, which in the 1960s developed the world’s first practical application of computer typesetting. Atterbury remained involved in printing and publishing after the sale of Westerham Press (the name still lives on as part of St Ives), through his own publishing imprint, Hurtwood Press, now run by his son Francis.

During the last years of his life he amused himself writing a personal memoir, A Good Idea At The Time?, which offers a fascinating insight into the great days of Westerham Press and the graphic design industry of that era.

His funeral will be held at 2pm on Monday 18 April at Church of St Mary the Virgin in Westerham.