Just Frank’s Type
Frank discusses an old report he wrote in the 1980s called “The Evolving Markets for Type,” about changes in the typesetting industry. Typesetting used to involve dedicated typesetting companies setting metal type and delivering it to printers. Phototypesetting then allowed type buyers to do their own typesetting, and ultimately desktop publishing finished wiping out what had been an $8 billion typesetting marketplace. Technology changes everything.
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By Joe Treacy on Jun 12, 2020
Frank, I still have the copy you mailed me, then. It was very helpful and informative.
I always wished that you would’ve updated it annually, or every several years.
(Even now would be a perfect time! ??)
Joe Treacy
Director of Typography
Treacyfaces.com
By Frank Romano on Jun 12, 2020
And you saved it for over 30 years!
My kind of guy.
By Joe Treacy on Jun 12, 2020
Thank you, Frank!
Treacyfaces (treacyfaces.com) is 36 this month. As you know, we were one of the first independent digital type foundries.
And, started with a totally new and different outlook and approach to creating typefaces (which you rwcognized) that has endured and become even more meaningful, today.
I’m still very grateful for featuring us on page one of your TypeWorld publication at the dawn of the desktop publishing revolution.
All the best,
Joe Treacy
Treacyfaces.com
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