People
Stephen Coles is the Editorial Director & Associate Curator at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. He also co-publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica and is the author of The Anatomy of Type.
Lori Emerson is the director of the Intermedia Art, Writing, and Performance Program and founding director of the Media Archaeology Lab at the University of Colorado.
Emma Christine Hall is an art director, designer, and instructor. She is an art director at Penguin Random House.
Lynne Yun is a NYC-based type designer, educator and technologist. She is a founder of Space Type and Type Electives.
John Stevens is a master calligrapher and lettering artist. He is the author of several books, most recently Mastering Brush Roman Capitals.
James Edmonson is a type designer and educator. He is the founder of OHNO Type Co.
Grendl Löfkvist is a calligrapher, letterpress operator, and blackletter aficionado living in Oakland. She is dean of Type West where she teaches design history.
Laura Serra is an illustrator, letterer, and translator living in Oakland.
Jeremy Tribby is an artist, designer, and technologist. He is the founder of Countertype.
Libbie Bischoff is a brand & type designer and educator. She is the founder of Type Du Nord.
Nurullah Gokdogan is a leading UX/UI designer with a background in Applied Mathematics and Fine Arts.
Zoe Norvell is a book designer and founder of I Need A Book Cover and I Need A Book Interior.
Charles Brock is an award winning book designer and former creative director of Faceout Studio.
Paul Shaw is a renowned type and design historian and calligrapher. He is the author of many books, including Helvetica and the New York City Subway System.
Edward Tufte is a leading scholar on information technology and visual systems. His books and seminars are paramount to many designer’s educations today.
Organizations
Letterform Archive is a nonprofit center for inspiration, education, publishing, and community in graphic design. Located in San Francisco and online.
Wilsted & Taylor provides project management, design, editing, typography, production, indexing, and printing to museums, scholarly and trade publishers, galleries, foundations, institutions, commercial enterprises, and private individuals.
San Francisco Center for the Book is a center of inspiration for the book arts world, featuring the art & craft of letterpress printing, bookbinding, and artists bookmaking. Located in the design district of San Francisco.
Type Electives is an online design school shaping the future of type that offers courses that go beyond traditional type design education.
Faceout Studio is the premier award-winning book design and packaging agency founded by Torrey Sharp.
Colorado Mesa University Emerging Designers is a top-notch design program run by Eli Hall at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO.
University of Colorado Honors Journal is an award-winning student-run journal directed by Dr. Abby Hickcox at the University of Colorado’s Honors Program.
Stanford Libraries Special Collections is a leading institution for the acquisition and preservation of rare books and manuscripts.
Type West is a year-long certificate program in type design hosted by the Letterform Archive in San Francisco.
Association of University Presses is the central organization of the university press ecosystem.
Publishing Professionals Network is an volunteer nonprofit association that promotes excellence in book making and publishing.
Bay Area Women in Publishing connects and supports current and aspiring colleagues who identify as women or non-binary, helping them to build professional networks in and beyond the Bay Area and advance their career goals while building community and a more equitable environment in publishing.
John Neal Books is a premier supplier tools and supplies for calligraphers, lettering artists, illuminators, bookbinders, type, and papercraft enthusiasts.