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Late Registration For TYPO “Rhythm” and “Roots” Starts Saturday

It is time to register for TYPO San Francisco “Rhythm” and/or TYPO Berlin “Roots” at either side of the Atlantic. Regular registration for both conferences ends Friday; from Saturday, March 1 on registration increases by $100 or €100 respectively. TYPO Berlin remains Europe’s greatest annual design conference, and TYPO San Francisco celebrates its third anniversary with an impressive line-up including names you will rarely be able to see in the United States. More than mere type conferences, each edition of TYPO covers a broad range of topics relating to design, culture and society that leave the audience inspired and invigorated. I spoke at some editions, attended others – heck, I even was at the proto-TYPOs FUSE London and FUSE Berlin in 1994 and 1995! –, and every single one of them were great events.

Fortsätt läsa Late Registration For TYPO “Rhythm” and “Roots” Starts Saturday

Mike Parker Passes Away At Age 84

It has been a dark weekend for the type world. The sudden and unexpected death at age 45 of Peter Bruhn of Fountain last Friday night, February 21, sent ripples of shock and disbelief through the type community. We were still mourning our colleague and friend when news reached us Monday night that Mike Parker, consultant, type historian and type designer at Font Bureau, too had passed away. Both deaths have a significant impact on our community, for different reasons. For Mike Parker, it is because we lost one of the greats in our industry, or as his ex-wife turned caregiver Sibyl Masquelier described him: a Font God, “the man responsible for both over 1100 fonts including Helvetica and the development of Pages Software.” Masquelier also penned the Wikipedia entry he more than deserves.

Fortsätt läsa Mike Parker Passes Away At Age 84