James Grieshaber
Encyclopedia
James Grieshaber is an American typeface and lettering designer. Grieshaber has worked with the P22 type foundry
, International House of Fonts and Monotype Imaging
. He has contributed to the design of the typeface P22 Cézanne Pro as well as may other original type designs. He now runs his own type design studio, Typeco, in Chicago IL.
James Grieshaber has designed and edited several books on typography including Indie Fonts, Indie Fonts 2, Indie Fonts 3, and Font: classic typefaces for contemporary design.
Grieshaber is active in the typographic community. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Society of Typographic Aficionados
(SOTA), the non-profit organization that presents TypeCon
, an annual typography industry conference.
P22 type foundry
P22 type foundry is a digital type foundry from Buffalo, New York, that develops and markets typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The name P22 has no specific significance and was used prior to the type foundry as a label for various art projects including an ambitious mail art...
, International House of Fonts and Monotype Imaging
Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...
. He has contributed to the design of the typeface P22 Cézanne Pro as well as may other original type designs. He now runs his own type design studio, Typeco, in Chicago IL.
James Grieshaber has designed and edited several books on typography including Indie Fonts, Indie Fonts 2, Indie Fonts 3, and Font: classic typefaces for contemporary design.
Grieshaber is active in the typographic community. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Society of Typographic Aficionados
Society of Typographic Aficionados
The Society of Typographic Aficionados is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers....
(SOTA), the non-profit organization that presents TypeCon
TypeCon
TypeCon is a grassroots, typography-focused convention run by the non-profit Society of Typographic Aficionados. The content of TypeCon conferences focuses on — but is not limited to — the areas of typography, type design, printing, letterpress, calligraphy, the book arts, publishing, design...
, an annual typography industry conference.
Typeface design
- Super Duty for Typeco, 2004
- P22 Cézanne Pro with P22 type foundryP22 type foundryP22 type foundry is a digital type foundry from Buffalo, New York, that develops and markets typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The name P22 has no specific significance and was used prior to the type foundry as a label for various art projects including an ambitious mail art...
, 2005 - Segoe Print with Monotype ImagingMonotype CorporationMonotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...
, 2006