John D. Berry
| John D. Berry | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1950 Bronxville, New York |
| 💼 Occupation | Book designer, type historian |
| Notable work | U&lc |
John Drisler Berry (born August 8, 1950) is a book designer, typographer, type historian, writer, and speaker based in Seattle, Washington. He is a past president of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) and the former editor and publisher of U&lc (Upper & lower case). He has been a program manager on the Fonts team at Microsoft, where he helped establish improved typographic standards for Windows and other Microsoft products. He is Director of the Scripta Typographic Institute which is dedicated to establishing higher typographic standards for onscreen reading. He was an adjunct professor at Cornish College of the Arts 2014–2015 teaching typography and design.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Berry grew up in Westchester County, New York. He attended Stanford University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1971. He lives in Seattle with the writer Eileen Gunn.
Pacific Northwest Review of Books[edit]
Berry was a founder, editor, and publisher of Pacific Northwest Review of Books (Seattle, 1977–1978). PNRB was a monthly publication devoted to "intelligent writing about books; speaking from a Northwest perspective."[2]
ATypI[edit]
The Association Typographique Internationale ATypI is a global forum and focal point for the type community and industry. Berry was a board member of ATypI from 2000 to 2017 and President from 2007 to 2013.[3]
Berry has become the de facto historian for the 68-year-old organization, interviewing people with the longest memories and digging into the ATypI archives at the University of Reading, including the archives of ATypI co-founders Charles Peignot and John Dreyfus. Berry presented results of his research at the 2019 conference.[4]
Typographic consulting[edit]
Berry has been a typographic consultant since 2011 and has provided this service to software companies including Microsoft, Adobe, Aldus, and Design Intelligence. He was Managing Editor at Font Bureau from 2015 to 2016.
Book design[edit]
Berry has been an active book designer since 2000. Among his projects have been multiple titles from Copper Canyon Press and books by Jody Aliesan, Eleanor Arnason, Hayden Carruth, John Crowley, Eileen Gunn, W.S. Merwin, Anna Swir, and many others.
Bibliography[edit]
Nonfiction[edit]
- Language culture type: international type design in the age of Unicode (ATypI/Graphis, 2002)[5]
- Contemporary newspaper design: shaping the news in the digital age (Mark Batty Publisher, 2004)
- Now read this: the Microsoft ClearType font collection (Microsoft Press, 2005)
- U&lc: influencing design & typography (Mark Batty Publisher, 2005)
- Dot-font: talking about design (Mark Batty Publisher, 2007)
- Dot-font: talking about fonts (Mark Batty Publisher, 2007)
- Thesen zur Typografie: Gedanken zur Gestalten (Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 2014)[6]
- "Susan Wood: About and By" (in Susan Wood: About and By, ed. John D. Berry, 2016)
- Hanging by a serif: A few words about designing with words (John D. Berry Design, 2013, 2019)
- Text & design
Fiction[edit]
- "Coyote Takes the #10 Bus" (1982, in Fantasy & Terror #2, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, 1984)
- "The Hill Is No Longer There" (1983, in Tales by Moonlight, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, 1983, 1985)
External links[edit]
- Official website
- John D. Berry on LinkedIn
- John D. Berry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
References[edit]
- ↑ "Course title: Typography 2" (PDF). Cornish College of the Arts. Spring 2015. p. 10. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "Pacific Northwest Review of Books". Fancyclopedia. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "About Us". Association Typographique Internationale. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "In Search of ATypI | John D. Berry | ATypI 2019 Tokyo". YouTube. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "Language Culture Type". Graphis Inc. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "Thesen zur Typografie: Gedanken zur Gestaltung". Verlag Hermann Schmidt. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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