Reposted by John D. BerryTypofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 09/08/2026Thank you @typecon! #typecon2026 in Portland was great. This annual conference is crucial for the typography community. 2103
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Look what I just unearthed: my badge from Type90. That was my first type conference, which I attended on press credentials from Aldus Magazine. 130
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026At the Stanford ATypI conference in May, in my presentation on Friday morning, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bux7... I announced the publication of “Type is everywhere: a history of the Association Typographique Internationale” atypicalhistory.com and gave a link to the digital book.youtube.com70 Years of ATypI | John D Berry | ATypI 2026 StanfordYouTube video by ATypI 020
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The history of ATypI is finished. Read it now, in a responsive digital book. atypi-history.netlify.appatypi-history.netlify.appWelcome | ATypI HistoryWelcome 021
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026At the end of this year, RIT Press will be publishing my new book of typographic essays, ”Working with Type: selected essays on type & typography“: press.rit.edu/978195631352...press.rit.eduWorking with TypeWorking with Type: Selected Essays on Type and Typography is a selection of essays by renowned typographer John D. Berry about the modern history of typograp... 053
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026www.theguardian.com/.../white-ho.... “The memes will continue”? White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protesttheguardian.com 021
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The excellent @KatherineSmallGallery is currently selling "Now read this," the book I wrote, designed, and largely edited (with John Hudson) in 2004 about Microsoft's ClearType font collection. ksmallgallery.com/products/now...ksmallgallery.comNow Read This: The Microsoft ClearType Font CollectionIn order to take over the world, one needs to have types to set languages from all over the world. In 2003, type needed to look good on monitors. So, Microsoft brought together a team in Redmond, Wash... 051
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I've just published a new chapter of my typographic memoir, this time about when I was Editor & Publisher of U&lc (Upper & lowercase). I know there are other things I should be doing, but it was about time I added another chapter. johndberry.com/2025/12/22/e...johndberry.comeasily amused | John D. Berry 092
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Ben Kamm, ethnobotanist & conservation horticulturalist, whom I know from his steadfast management of the Little, Big project, has launched a fundraiser to help his rare-plants nursery survive climate change. ssbp.betterworld.org/campaigns/re...ssbp.betterworld.orgRenovating our Nursery & Garden: Phase 1 - Irrigation | Sacred Succulents: Beneficial Plants 073
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Once more into #ATypI history, dear friends! I've just published the next chapter, this time on ATypI in the 1970s. Like all the chapters of this work in progress, this is a draft. Corrections & additions always welcome. johndberry.com/atypi-histor...johndberry.comATypI in the 1970s | John D. Berry 061
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Applications are now open for the Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, now in its second year. The deadline is November 15. kbitype.orgkbitype.orgKBI.type | Knuth Bigelow Type Design IncubatorThe Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) is powered by SILICON @ Stanford University, in partnership with Words of Type and Letterform Archive. KBI's goal is to empower early-car... 033
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I have just published a draft of the most difficult chapter of the ATypI history, on the association’s "Code Moral.” The Code was a core document of ATypI from its founding, although the first official version wasn’t adopted until 1963. johndberry.com/atypi-histor...johndberry.comLe Code Moral | John D. Berry 141
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 14/09/2025The talk I gave last winter at Face/Interface 2025 on “Multilingual and Multiscript Book Design” is now up on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJWJ...youtube.comMultilingual and Multiscript Book Design (John D. Berry)YouTube video by SILICON 062
Reposted by John D. BerryEileen Gunn * Keep hovering to play. * @eileengunn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025C'mon. This Guy is the present administration's Horst Wessel. Talking about him makes him bigger. Are any of the new sources talking about anything else? The rest of the world has moved on. 085
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Only a couple of days left to propose a talk or workshop for next year's *two* ATypI conferences, at Stanford University and the University of Sharjah: atypi.org/2025/07/23/a...atypi.orgATypI 2026 Call for Proposals - ATypIATypI invites proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and experimental presentations for its two 2026 conferences. Stanford, California — HomescreenSharjah, UAE — Between For 2026, ATypI not only retu... 021
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Now is the time to propose talks or presentations for next year's two (two!) ATypI conferences. Do it now! Deadline is August 27. atypi.org/2025/07/23/a...atypi.orgATypI 2026 Call for Proposals - ATypIATypI invites proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and experimental presentations for its two 2026 conferences. Stanford, California — HomescreenSharjah, UAE — Between For 2026, ATypI not only retu... 033
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This campaign is now at 98%. All it'll take is another $398 to reach the goal. Pocket change for a billionaire! One of the chapters that I'm intending to write will be about Typ09, the first ATypI conference in Latin America: Mexico City, 2009. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 064
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I have just posted a new update on the progress of the ATypI history project. Take a look! www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 052
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 10/05/2025The ATypI history GoFundMe is creeping toward its goal. I have just posted a new update, with a snapshot from this year and one from years past. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 041
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Tonight we had the second Type Seattle meet-up, with its somewhat more formal format than a simple pub gathering. (Not that there's anything wrong with those!) It's good to have a regular event for the local type community again, after the long Covid-induced lacuna. 051
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025After getting home from the 2025 ATypI conference in Copenhagen, I have added a new update to the GoFundMe. History continues to add to its own story. gofund.me/2c31d6b5gofund.meDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 011
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I have just published the next chapter in the ATypI history, about Type90, the 1990 conference in Oxford, which was a watershed moment for the type community. johndberry.com/atypi-histor... www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...johndberry.comType90 | John D. Berry 062
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Since Instagram works differently from everything else, I posted this video clip from Typ09 in Mexico City. www.instagram.com/reel/DHw0BM3...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 021
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Time for a sprint to the finish. With over 80% of the goal already achieved, let’s see if we can get this over the top in the next week. Ready? www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 063
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I’ve just posted a new update to the GoFundMe campaign for my ATypI history project. There’s still a way to go to reach the goal, but I’ve described some of what I’m already doing. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 022
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Fascinating article on a resurgence of sign-painting in France. www.lemonde.fr/en/lifestyle...lemonde.frThe forgotten art of sign painting is reviving French streetsOnce a defining feature of shopfronts in the early 20th century, sign painting had gradually disappeared. Today, a new generation of artisans is bringing the craft back to life, driven in part by the ... 16717
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Just passed the three-quarters mark on the ATypI history GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 160
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Last week, we had another pub gathering of Seattle typographers, organized by Andrea Leksen and Aaron Bell. It's great to be getting together again, after such a long post-pandemic drought. Aaron has plans for a more formal regular event, too. 091
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Delve Fonts just published my latest blog post, “To boldly go...,” on – you guessed it! – bold and other weights of fonts. delvefonts.com/blog/to-bold...delvefonts.comDelve FontsDelve Fonts is a type foundry in the SF Bay Area licensing original typefaces and providing custom type design services on commission. 152
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Granshan, the multilingual and multicultural type organization, just posted a call for support of my ATypI history GoFundMe. granshan.com/insights/atypi… gofundme.com/f/support-john���granshan.com 153
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025New update. Wouldn’t today be an excellent day to help put my GoFundMe for the history of ATypI over the top? We’re two-thirds of the way there already. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 1105
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 08/03/2025My personal ATypI history began in 1990, at Type90 in Oxford. I had just turned 40, but in this community I was a newcomer. On the last day, after the official close of the conference, a few of us got together in a local pub for a farewell pint. johndberry.com/2009/05/15/i... gofund.me/4b7f5e16 0126
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I wrote a blog post about the ATypI history project GoFundMe campaign. johndberry.com/2025/02/28/l...johndberry.com 042
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 02/03/2025After less than 24 hours, my GoFundMe is already at 12% of its goal. It's for completing a history of ATypI. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo... Please contribute and spread the word!gofundme.comDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 075
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I have just launched a GoFundMe to help me complete the history of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) that I began writing before the pandemic shut everything down. Please take a look, and spread the word. gofund.me/4b7f5e16gofund.meDonate to Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project, organized by John BerryBriefly: I am raising funds to complete the history of ATypI (Association Typ… John Berry needs your support for Support John D. Berry’s ATypI History Project 0118
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 01/02/2025My little book “Hanging by a serif” is for sale from Katherine Small Gallery: ksmallgallery.com/collections/... A wonderful place. Visit if you're in Somerville.ksmallgallery.comHanging by a serif (John D. Berry)A small book with few words about designing words, this one offers insights on the nature and practice of typography and design. Each statement is presented on its own page, the text juxtaposed with a... 062
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Post-Face/Interface visit to the Letterform Archive in San Francisco. (Assortment of multilingual printed matter; attendees poring over exhibits on the table; Rob Saunders showing a sample to several attendees; highly ornamented 19th-century page of scripts & alphabets.) 1192
Reposted by John D. BerryLetterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 18/01/2025Just shown by @johndberry.bsky.social at #FaceInterface is an unusual example of multilingual typography: Tea Room: Abode of Fancy, Vacancy and the Unsymmetrical by Yasutomo Ota. We have a copy and it’s available in our Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=... 1164
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Little, Big Anniversary Edition Solstice Sale ends tonight at 11:59pm CST, 12/22/24. Use the discount code " jcrowley " to receive 8% off your order of the Numbered edition [a $60 discount], the Trade edition [a $14 discount], or poster [a $2 discount]. littlebig25.com/PR-240907.sh...littlebig25.com 041
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 14/10/2024Latest blog post for @delvefonts, on designing multilingual & multiscript typography. delvefonts.com/blog/followi...delvefonts.comDelve FontsDelve Fonts is a type foundry in the SF Bay Area licensing original typefaces and providing custom type design services on commission. 062
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2024I wrote up my visit to Katherine Small Gallery, a wonderland of typographical and graphic-designical books & artifacts. johndberry.com/2024/09/22/k...johndberry.comeasily amused | John D. Berry 051
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 02/09/2024My essay on the typography of books has just been published on the typofonderie.com Gazette: typofonderie.com/gazette/the-... 072
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 25/07/2024I’ve been engaged in a wide variety of book projects in recent months. johndberry.com/2024/07/25/a...johndberry.comeasily amused | John D. Berry 032
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 25/06/2024My report on the #ATypI conference in Brisbane has just been published on the #eyemagazine blog: eyemagazine.com Eye Magazine | Blog | ATypI Brisbaneeyemagazine.comEye Magazine | Eye Magazine 020
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social · 10/10/2023The PPN Book Show is coming up in San Francisco on Oct. 26. I chaired the judging committee, and we ended up with a remarkable set of winning book designs. Come check ’em out! pubpronetwork.org/book-show-20... 072
