Andrzej Ryszard Heidrich (November 6, 1928 – October 20, 2019) was a Polish graphic artist and type designer who designed Polish bank notes. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with honors.^[1]

He designed bank notes for the National Bank of Poland since 1960, however the first bank note designed by him that went into circulation was a 500 złoych from 1974 portraying military leader Tadeusz Kościuszko.^[2]

He also designed covers and illustrated books by Polish authors such as: Ryszard Kapuściński , Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, and Leszek Kołakowski.^[1] From 1974 to 1989 he was the chief graphic designer of the Czytelnik Publishing House.^[1][3]

The font Bona Nova was designed by Heidrich in 1971.^[4][5][6]

Book Covers made by Heidrich include:

• His Master's Voice by Stanisław Lem
• Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński
• A Perfect Vacuum by Ryszard Kapuściński

• A line of stamps featuring Historical figures including Meiszko I,^[7] Kazimierz Weilki,^[8] Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk,^[9] Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski,^[10] and Tadeusz Tosciuszko.^[11]
• A line of stamps featuring Kinds of butterflies.^[12][13][14]
• A line of stamps featuring medicinal plants.^{[15][16][17][18]}
• A line of stamps featuring landscapes of places in Poland.^[19]
• Two stamps of buildings in Kraków.^[20][21]
• Two stamps featuring Nicolaus Copernicus.^[22]
• A stamp featuring the Mniszech Palace.^[23]
• A stamp for the 20th Anniversary of the Polish People's Republic.^[24]
• A stamp featuring a Train.^[25]
• A stamp featuring St. Hedwig.^[26]
• A stamp featuring Frédéric Chopin.^[27]
• A stamp featuring a Brontosaurus.^[28]

• Production Designer for 1966 short film Blekitny kaczorek^[30]
• Designer of poster for Polish release of Japanese movie Onna no Koyomi^[31]
• Designer of poster for the film Spellbound (Polish: Urzeczona)^[32]
• Designer of the Medical University of Warsaw's emblem^[33]
• The "Gallery of Portraits of Polish Rulers”, 44 watercolour miniatures depicting images of Polish kings and dukes.^[1][34]
• Created design of passports.^[1]
• Designed the Eagle emblem on military caps, police badges, and distinctions for Polish soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.^[1]
• Painted a series of miniatures with images of Mikołaj Rej, Jan Kochanowski, Adam Mickiewicz and Stanisław Wyspiański.^[1]

• Commander 's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 2014^[35]
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 1999^[36]
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 1977^[3]
• Gold Cross of Merit - 1977^[37]
• Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis - 2006^[1][3]
• Medal of the 40th anniversary of People's Poland
• Medal for Merit to Banking - 1989^[1]