Myself and a few other students I know would be interested, although we really wouldn’t contribute anything that the rest of you don’t already know.

I wish there were a similar crowd here in the Washington DC area. I think only Bill Berkson and I are near here though. He being the Classic and me being the Comic, perhaps we could found a comic book series based on classic type faces :-)

ChrisL

> perhaps we could found a comic book series based on classic type faces :-)

Try “The Spirit” by Will Eisner :)

Hi Tom,

There are these guys - http://www.azalea.com/AboutUs/ - Jerry is an ex-Aldus barcode boffin. I’ll point him to this thread.

There’s Mr Bogge, http://www.letterspace.com/ but is he still in town or in Italy?

Of course there are lots of other type people and designers at the company that I can reach via internal mailing lists - so once you have something planned let me know and I’ll help spread the word.

I never knew either Azalea or Garret Boge were based here in Seattle. Seems they’re both in West Seattle. Cool. Thanks!

I’d welcome a few students, too. :)

Regards,

T

Years ago (1992-93) Garret Boge lived in a apartment near the Kingdome but he sold it and moved. Last time I saw him was at AtypI in Rome and he was planning on moving to Rome. So Si is probably right he’s either there or back and forth.

Monotype Imaging had a one-man-office (Karl Leuthold) downtown too - I think the office was going to have to move due to the office being converted to condos.

Si

Ah, I knew about Karl Leuthold but had forgotten. Thanks!

T

There was once a type group that met in the cafe in the basement of the wonderful bookstore near the old Aldus offices near Pioneer Square. Besides John Berry, of those who are still (or again) in Seattle, I remember Andras Furesz (of Very Graphics, book dealer who was once one of the few sources of hard-to-get European type books) and Nick Nussbaum (now at Microsoft). There were others whose names I do not remember, but I bet John would know.

John Cornicello is another ex-typesetter. Other Seattle type types (haven’t heard from them in awhile, so don’t know if they are still around) include Ben Bauermeister, typesetter Mike Arst, and Andy Taylor (Japan Pacific Publications) who used to typeset exclusively in Japanese).

—Kathleen

That would be Elliot Bay Books.

http://www.elliottbaybook.com/

Apart from Aldus, Design Intelligence (acquired by MS) and ElseWare (acquired by HP) were other local companies involved in type and type technology.

http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/elseware/

Many of those folks are still around.

Cheers, Si

I’m down in Portland, Ore. My type-related gig dried up a while back, and I’m now working at an engineering firm. Any attempt at creativity is immediately quashed. I’d gladly drive up for a chance to talk type ... or just listen ...

Jay

Hey, KT,

John Cornicello and Ben Bauermeister are both colleagues of mine at Adobe (as is Ole Kvern).

Si,

When did MS acquire Design Intelligence? I seem to recall hearing that their IP was still up for grabs just a couple of years ago.

T

>When did MS acquire Design Intelligence?

The day they hired me, of course ;-)

I’ll check with Greg re the date - many of the DI people and IP ended up in eDocs / Avalon.

Cheers, Si

12 Jan 2001 - http://www.microsoft.com/msft/InvestmentandAcquisitionsList.mspx

Si

OG Typophiles Ole Sorenson and Adriano Santi make their home in Seattle, if I’m not mistaken.

edit: oops, didn’t see Ole’s name when I first scanned the thread.

I’m not in the Seattle area, but do get down that way a couple of times a year. I’d love to know when things are going on, and perhaps join you from time to time.

Did not realize Ben was at Adobe. Say hi for me if you think of it.

—Kathleen

Right, thanks — Elliot Bay Books. Thanks. Love that bookstore. Assume it is still going strong?

—Kathleen

I’m thinking of doing something in late January, the weekend of the 28th. I may have to cap attendance at some level, though. I doubt our place could handle more than 25-30 in winter (unless we do some serious rearranging downstairs). In summer we could overflow to the rather large back deck, so we’d be nearly unlimited.

I’ll keep folks posted....

T

The weekend before the Super Bowl - that should work. ;-)

Si

>Elliot Bay Books. Thanks. Love that bookstore. Assume it is still going strong?

Always seems to be busy, and no recent doom-and-gloom stories in the local press - unlike during the early days of Amazon.com when the press predicted every bookshop would go out of business.

Si