I've just published a new chapter of my typographic memoir, this time about when I was Editor & Publisher of U&lc (Upper & lowercase). I know there are other things I should be doing, but it was about time I added another chapter.
https://johndberry.com/2025/12/22/editing-ulc-at-the-end-of-the-20th-century/
Once more into #ATypI history, dear friends! I've just published the next chapter, this time on ATypI in the 1970s. Like all the chapters of this work in progress, this is a draft. Corrections & additions always welcome.
I have just published a draft of the most difficult chapter of the ATypI history, on the association’s "Code Moral.” The Code was a core document of ATypI from its founding, although the first official version wasn’t adopted until 1963.
ATypI invites proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and experimental presentations for its two 2026 conferences. Stanford, California — HomescreenSharjah, UAE — Between For 2026, ATypI not only returns to the Bay Area for the first time in over four decades, but also steps into the Middle East for the first time ever. Together, these two… Continue reading ATypI 2026 Call for Proposals
This campaign is now at 98% – or perhaps even 98.6%, the human body temperature in Fahrenheit degrees. All it'll take is another $398 to reach the goal. Pocket change for a billionaire!
One of the chapters that I'm intending to write will be about Typ09, the first ATypI conference in Latin America: Mexico City, 2009. It was part of ATypI's outreach to the world beyond the European-centered type community. Here are a couple of snapshots from that seminal conference.
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I have just posted a new update on the progress of the ATypI history project. Take a look!
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