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Intro Type Design Workshops in New York & Singapore 5 Jul 2013 | 05:01 am
I had so much fun doing this in Portland, that I am again joining Dave Crossland (pending sufficient registrations) to teach a 2-day intro type design workshop in New York City at Columbia University’...
Debating Bush memos (with Rather?) on Reddit 8 Feb 2013 | 06:31 am
Yes, that really is me trying to debate the Bush National Guard Memos with Dan Rather on Reddit. There are a zillion posts in that thread, so he may never see my comment, and has every excuse to ignor...
Font ID Reward! 5 Feb 2013 | 02:25 pm
Sometimes even a font detective can use help. Particularly when running out of time…. At the bottom of this post are some samples from a document, a legal notice printed as a classified ad. Here are t...
“Crafting Type” intro font design workshop in Portland 29 Jan 2013 | 12:41 pm
I am joining Dave Crossland and other type designers (depending on registration levels) to teach a 3-day intro type design workshop here in Portland at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). I a...
New York: WebVisions + Font Detective (discount!) 16 Jan 2013 | 10:35 pm
Friends of Speakers (like me) Save 15%! WEBVISIONS NEW YORK + FONT DETECTIVE Feb 27th – March 1st Theater for the New City WebVisions explores the future of web and mobile design, technology, user exp...
Obscure PANOSE issues for font makers 12 Jan 2013 | 06:10 am
For a long time I thought of the PANOSE numbers in fonts as only used for things like font matching, without any practical impact in most day-to-day use of fonts. I am reminded this week of how danger...
Cristoforo Italics update 29 Dec 2012 | 05:10 am
Some screen shots and info on the font production process posted as an update on my Kickstarter page, including some thoughts on why ATF called it “American Italic” instead of “Columbus Italic,” the t...
Windows security patch kills font support 15 Dec 2012 | 08:19 am
For users who need fonts and use specific applications (see below), Windows security update KB2753842 may cause more harm than good. One suspects Microsoft may come up with a less problematic version ...
Town Hall meeting for TypeCon coming to Portland in 2013 20 Nov 2012 | 12:10 am
All sorts of folks are getting involved, but I’m one of those helping bring TypeCon to Portland OR for August 2013! My colleague Jim Kidwell and I will be hosting a Town Hall for volunteers and intere...
Conferences & Talks: Chicago, Hong Kong, Vegas, NYC 25 Sep 2012 | 09:27 am
I am doing a lot of fun talks and workshops I am doing in the next couple of months, starting tomorrow night in Chicago! If you’re in one of these cities listed below, I’d love to meet up with fellow ...
