Speaker Jeff Kellem

n 2012, after a 20+ year hiatus, Jeff Kellem returned to type design. His TypeCon 2013 Portland talk on Resurrecting Type of the IBM 1403 was well-received and still referenced today. Matthew Carter responded with “I may steal that; you may see it again, someday.” in reference to a design.

In the 1980s, Jeff focused on music notation fonts using Metafont while working on music notation software research. Jeff has designed and engineered typefaces that support Latin (with Vietnamese), Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew plus math and music fonts for Google and NYC Music Services; he is also a consultant with Glyphs GmbH. He’s designing new typefaces for scoring and designed Collins, the shape-note typeface used in The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition.

Jeff is a member of ASCAP, a voting member of The Recording Academy, and 2nd Vice President of ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers).