I'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...

Ben 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...

Once 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...

Applications are now open for the Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, now in its second year. The deadline is November 15. kbitype.org

I 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...

The 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...

C'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.

Only 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...

Now 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...

This 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...

I have just posted a new update on the progress of the ATypI history project. Take a look! www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...

The 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...

Tonight 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.

After 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/2c31d6b5

I 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...

Since Instagram works differently from everything else, I posted this video clip from Typ09 in Mexico City. www.instagram.com/reel/DHw0BM3...

Time 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...

I’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...

Fascinating article on a resurgence of sign-painting in France. www.lemonde.fr/en/lifestyle...

Just passed the three-quarters mark on the ATypI history GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...

Last 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.

Delve 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...

Granshan, 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���

New 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...

My 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

I wrote a blog post about the ATypI history project GoFundMe campaign. johndberry.com/2025/02/28/l...

After 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!

I 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/4b7f5e16

My 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.

Post-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.)

Just 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=...

Little, 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...

Latest blog post for @delvefonts, on designing multilingual & multiscript typography. delvefonts.com/blog/followi...

I wrote up my visit to Katherine Small Gallery, a wonderland of typographical and graphic-designical books & artifacts. johndberry.com/2024/09/22/k...

My essay on the typography of books has just been published on the typofonderie.com Gazette: typofonderie.com/gazette/the-...

I’ve been engaged in a wide variety of book projects in recent months. johndberry.com/2024/07/25/a...

My report on the #ATypI conference in Brisbane has just been published on the #eyemagazine blog: eyemagazine.com Eye Magazine | Blog | ATypI Brisbane

The 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...