Typophile

Typophile of the Year. Find your mojo in Memphis.

BlueStreak

Allan Haley, Director of Words and Letters at Monotype Imaging, will crown the "Typophile of the Year" here in Memphis in a couple of weeks. I’ve linked a blurb from Fast Company mentioning this. I’m looking forward to seeing some of you in this funky little town.

Fast Company: AIGA Design Conference/Typographic Quiz

http://designconference2009.aiga.org/content.cfm/mojo

For what it's worth, I think Elvis was far more Akzidenz-Grotesk than Rockwell, which is a little too Nashville for Elvis. TCB.

Allan Haley

The Elvis stamp used Helvetica. Oops, did I give away one of the quiz questions?

Allan

Si_Daniels

Anyone serious about winning this quiz should study their old copies of U&lc, as well as any material they have on Dwiggins.

Craig Eliason

Allan, didn't you just crown Tom Phinney "Typophile of the Year" a couple of months ago in Atlanta? That was a short year! ;-)
(Or has Tom been recalled?)

speter

It's based on a fiscal year, you see...

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