Chronology
Whether you’re going to have me design a custom font, build a website, or are merely stalking me, I offer this abridged outline of my life-story insofar that it may satisfy these seemingly disparate scenarios.
1975
- Born Aquarius and raised in upstate New York.
1993
- Attended first semester at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute.
1994–1996
- Left school to work full-time for a national health insurance company in O.C.R. claims processing.
- Interest in digital typography is seeded.
- Photocopiers exploited.
1996–1998
- Returned to MWPAI to complete the two year program.
- Sowed mountains of wild oats.
1999–2001
- Transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with merit scholarships.
- Independent study as Communications Director for the Student Union Galleries.
- Admitted into the Advanced Painting Studios.
- Worked extensively with digital imaging techniques, text, and mass-media sources.
- Employed as part-time graphics coordinator at Whole Foods Market.
- Taught myself Fontographer having to repair old [T-26] fonts.
- Received BFA in May 2001.
- Joined [T-26] Digital Type Foundry upon graduation as font technician, type designer, webmaster, office admin, paralegal, heavy laborer and ass-kisser.
2001–2004
- Acted as Communications Director for 1R Gallery (previously APT.1R) in the good old days of the Pilsen apartment gallery scene.
- Served at Segura Inc. maintaining the [T-26] website and font library, producing custom font designs, editing new font releases, designing and writing promotional material for print and web and managing legal paperwork.
2005
- Discharged from [T-26] for not kissing enough ass.
- Taught myself FontLab and the magic of Opentype.
- Contracted as Designer for Bridge NFP (ie: Nova/Bridge Art Fair, Bridge Magazine)
- Taught myself the magic of Cascading Style Sheets.
- Co-founded TypeTrust, a font distribution partnership.
2006
- Taught myself PHP and MySQL integration.
- Kept busy with various web and custom type design gigs.
- Accepted a salary position with VSA Partners specializing in type design and visual identity development.
2007
- Developed some new corporate type for IBM.
- Dislodged myself from VSA Partners to resume the life of a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
- Set up shop with fellow Segura survivor Ryan Halvorsen (aka arlo-tm.com) in a Ukrainian Village storefront.
2008
- Expanded the Majestos Pro custom font family for Food Network.
- Moved to Los Angeles to live, work, and more importantly play.
2009
- Interviewed by MyFonts.com for their Creative Characters feature.
- Partnered with Fair Grounds Associates to design Art Los Angeles Contemporary.
- Contently survived my first earthquake-free yet wildfire-ridden year in Southern California.
2010
- I made contact. Now it’s your turn.