Speaker Thomas Phinney

Thomas Phinney is a type designer and former CEO of FontLab. In the 2000s, Phinney helped drive the adoption of OpenType within Adobe and in the marketplace. Phinney developed character set standards for Adobe, and designed the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic typefaces hypatia sans, cristoforo and science gothic. Phinney has four patents and a master’s degree in printing and typography from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he completed his thesis on technical challenges in multiple master font technology. Phinney has been on the board of ATypI since 2004. Blog: www.thomasphinney.com