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Where We Came From: The origins and purpose of ATypI

A look at the origin story of ATypI itself: why it was founded, how it has evolved, perhaps where it is headed. Since we’ll be meeting in Paris this year, where ATypI was founded by Charles Peignot in 1956, it seems appropriate to take a look back.

John D. Berry
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John D. Berry

John Berry is an editor, typographer, type historian, design writer, and book designer in Seattle. He is a former President and Board member of ATypI, He edited the book "Language Culture Type: type design in the age of Unicode," which grew out of ATypI's first international type-design competition, bukva:raz! He has been an educator, the editor of U&lc, and a member of the Fonts team at Microsoft.

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