Articles by Frank Romano
Frank Romano has spent over 60 years in the printing and publishing industries. Many know him best as the editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal or from the hundreds of articles he has written for publications from North America and Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia. Romano lectures extensively, having addressed virtually every club, association, group, and professional organization at one time or another. He is one of the industry's foremost keynote speakers. He continues to teach courses at RIT and other universities and works with students on unique research projects.
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The tormented history of Garamond
Published May 8, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Cheerios and childrens books, Six Flags bad news, Soy toner, and the death of the phonebook
Published May 6, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Commentary on industry events, the webinar craze, and the need for new ideas!
Published April 29, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Earth Day Special, Stop picking on paper and the print industry!
Published April 22, 2009
The paradox of quality
Published April 17, 2009
Fridays with Frank Romano: The smell of books, direct mail kudos, homeland insecurity, RR Donnelley, and the
Published April 15, 2009
Fridays with Frank Romano: Redefining magazines, mine magazine, and the Printing Crafts Building
Published April 10, 2009
Offset litho vs. digital printing and vice versa
Published April 3, 2009
The Museum of Printing is a national treasure
Published March 27, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Useful items and upselling, Times New Roman, Best and worst direct mail examples, and Dome printing
Published March 25, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Repercussions of Newspapers in Decline, Frank Reveals Latest "What Is It?" Answer, Antique Printing Book, New "What Is It?" Item
Published March 18, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Live from Dscoop4 in Orlando, Frank Shows us Mohawk Fine Paper i-Tonie Award Winners
Published March 11, 2009
The History of the Typo
Published March 6, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Jewish Printing Press Prayer, Frank calls el torro poo poo, and Webster One Source
Published March 4, 2009
The Victorian Internet
Published February 27, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Rome Redux, Pink Slip Printing, Obama, Car Rental CD-ROM Manual, and What Is It?
Published February 25, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Media Irony, Biggest Book in the World, Associations in Second Life (with Action Figures)
Published February 18, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: On Demand Book Printing, Finishing Makes the Product, Where the Money's At
Published February 11, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Postal Service as Taliban, Commemorative Newspaper Editions, Layoff Anecdotes, and One Good Rant
Published February 4, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Good News and Bad News, Tukaiz Leverages The Internet, and Captain Kangaroo Frank
Published January 28, 2009
When in doubt, use Caslon
Published January 23, 2009
This Week with Frank Romano: Viewmasters, Lehman Brothers, and the Photomatrix
Published January 21, 2009
Free Special Video Feature: This Week with Frank Romano
Published January 14, 2009
The Last Printer, A Seasonal Fantasy
Published December 19, 2008
The new printing workforce
Published November 21, 2008
Mark Twain’s Folly
Published October 31, 2008
Get Thee to Graph Expo
Published October 17, 2008
The future of offset lithography
Published September 26, 2008
Remembering Linotype
Published September 5, 2008
Defining Variable Data Printing
Published August 22, 2008
Wireless roots
Published August 8, 2008
Remembering Varityper
Published August 1, 2008
Excellence matters
Published July 25, 2008
Bye bye printing rep?
Published July 11, 2008
The very last Drupa article (maybe)
Published June 27, 2008
Drupa 2012 Report
Published June 20, 2008
Free: Drupa 2012 Report
Published June 20, 2008
Frank’s Drupa Notebook
Published June 13, 2008
Super Duper Drupa
Published June 6, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 6
Published June 5, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 5
Published June 5, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 5
Published May 23, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 5
Published May 23, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 4
Published May 16, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 4
Published May 16, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 3
Published May 2, 2008
It isn’t easy being Pantone 347
Published April 25, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 2
Published April 11, 2008
Where in the world is Frank? Episode 1
Published April 4, 2008
Helvetica, the article
Published March 28, 2008
Back to the Futura: preserving printing’s past
Published February 29, 2008
Color—It’s all about hue
Published February 22, 2008
Cost is a fact; price is a philosophy
Published February 8, 2008
Benjamin Franklin’s legacy
Published January 25, 2008
Happy 564th
Published December 18, 2007
Frank Thoughts
Published December 14, 2007
(Once) Made in America
Published December 7, 2007
Digital vs Litho: The competition continues
Published November 30, 2007
How much information is there?
Published November 16, 2007
Three Other Education Initiatives That Matter; GAERF, IGAEA, Printing Museums
Published November 9, 2007
Remembering Compugraphic: Machines that changed the printing industry.
Published November 2, 2007
There is a crisis in print buying
Published October 26, 2007
Typewriter Memories
Published October 12, 2007
Avoid print at your peril
Published October 5, 2007
We Are the Press
Published September 28, 2007
GE07: Graph Expo and the shape of things to come
Published September 21, 2007
Visions of Graph Expo
Published September 14, 2007
GE07: Graph Expo prologue
Published August 31, 2007
Who’s mad at me today?
Published August 24, 2007
Print is a workflow of workflows
Published August 10, 2007
The show's the thing
Published August 3, 2007
Where have all the students gone? Part deux
Published July 20, 2007
FREE: Where have all the students gone?
Published July 13, 2007
Peerless pressure
Published June 22, 2007
Fearless forecasts of the future
Published June 15, 2007
Fonts - The Final Frontier
Published June 1, 2007
Are We Getting a HIP Replacement?
Published May 29, 2007
VDP: The suppliers have screwed the entire system up!
Published May 24, 2007
Digital Color Printing Specs
Published May 18, 2007
Love your local library
Published May 11, 2007
Trends and more trends
Published April 6, 2007
Truth in advertising
Published March 30, 2007
Polls Apart
Published March 9, 2007
The Handwriting Is On The Screen...
Published March 2, 2007
Book Helpdesk
Published February 23, 2007
Pithy observations...For those who like this sort of thing
Published February 9, 2007
Getting personal
Published February 2, 2007
My life and Time
Published January 19, 2007
Frank Romano Remembers Bert Powers -- Who was Bert Powers?
Published January 12, 2007
Holey Cow: Punched Media Loom Large in Print's Evolution
Published December 15, 2006
FREE: A Message For Printers as We Enter 2007
Published December 15, 2006
When It Comes to Legibility, the Eyes Have It - or Do They?
Published December 8, 2006
Why the Stationery and Social Printing Market Isn’t Moving
Published December 1, 2006
FREE: Graph Expo Files: Some Entirely Serious Observations And Some Not-To-Be-Taken-Too-Seriously Prognostications
Published November 17, 2006
FREE Future of Graphic Arts Education = Future of the Graphic Arts by Frank Romano
Published November 10, 2006
The Disk Drive: Still Coasting Along at the Ripe Old Age of 50
Published October 6, 2006
We Kid You Not: Sheep Poo Paper, Tuneful Toothbrushes And Telling the Difference Between Selling and Marketing
Published September 29, 2006
They Couldn't Identify Type in 1760—We Still Can't Today
Published September 22, 2006
FREE: Association Consolidation - We, the printers, in order to form a more perfect union
Published December 16, 2003
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