Paul Hunt

Current

• Typeface Designer & Font Developer at Adobe Systems
• Moderator at Typophile

Past

• Typeface Production Engineer at Dalton Maag Ltd
• Principal at Pilcrow Type
• Typeface Designer at P22 Type Foundry

• Graphic Designer/Layout Artist at Western Newspapers, Inc.

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Education

• The University of Reading
• Brigham Young University

Recommended

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Connections

101 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website
• Typophile

Paul Hunt’s Summary

I have been working at P22 Type foundry since December 2004 helping to develop typefaces at every level of production from conceptualizing and drawing to OpenType programming, exporting and beta testing.

Paul Hunt’s Specialties:

Well-versed in FontLab software and OpenType programming. Currently studying Python programming.

Paul Hunt’s Experience

• Typeface Designer & Font Developer

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Moderator

  Typophile

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Moderator at typophile.com. I perform basic moderator duties and have been entrusted with the specific task of moderating the wiki area of the site.

• Typeface Production Engineer

  Dalton Maag Ltd

  (Design industry)

  October 2008 — January 2009 (4 months)

• Principal

  Pilcrow Type

  (Design industry)

  January 2007 — January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

• Typeface Designer

  P22 Type Foundry

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  December 2004 — October 2008 (3 years 11 months)

  I design typefaces for P22, working specifically on the Lanston Type Collection. I am involved with each step of production from drawing glyphs; spacing and kerning; OpenType feature development; and generation of fonts.

• Graphic Designer/Layout Artist

  Western Newspapers, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  December 2002 — October 2004 (1 year 11 months)

  Designed Advertising for 2 weekly publications. Laid out pages for newspaper including ad placement, classifieds, legal advertising and editorial content.

Paul Hunt’s Education

• The University of Reading

  MA , Typeface Design , 2007 — 2008

• Brigham Young University

  BA , International Studies , August 1995 — April 2004

  BA in International Studies, Global Trade ephasis
  Minor in European Studies
  3 years study of Russian, including 3 months of study in St. Petersburg, Russia
  Men's Chorus Member 1998-99
  Member of International Folk Dance Ensemle 1995-'96, 1998-2000

Additional Information

Paul Hunt’s Websites:

• My Website
• Typophile

Paul Hunt’s Interests:

• typography - member of typophile.com • music • food

Paul Hunt’s Groups:

typophile.com moderator, ATypI

•    University of Reading Alumni
•    Typophile
•    TypeCon
•    ATypI
•    FontLab

Paul Hunt’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch