Ilene Strizver

Current

Author of TypeTalk at creativepro.com
Instructor at School of Visual Arts
Author of Type Rules! 2nd edition at Wiley & Sons

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Past

Director of Typeface Development at International Typeface Corporation (ITC)
creative / production director at U&lc

Education

The University of New Mexico
JHS 189

Recommended

4 people have recommended Ilene

Connections

347 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

My Website

Ilene Strizver’s Summary

Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio, is a noted typographic educator, consultant, designer and writer. She specializes in all aspect of visual communication, from the aesthetic to the technical. Ilene has written and lectured extensively on type and typographic design to both students and professionals in the field.

Ilene formerly was the Director of Typeface Development for International Typeface Corporation (ITC) where she developed more than 300 text and display typefaces with such respected and world-renowned type designers as Sumner Stone, Erik Spiekermann, Jill Bell, Jim Parkinson, Tim Donaldson, and the late Phill Grimshaw. She “cut her typographic teeth” by working on Upper and Lowercase (U&lc) and other type projects with such legendary icons as Ed Benguiat, Aaron Burns and Herb Lubalin.

Her clients included International Typeface Corporation, Monotype Imaging, Linotype, Adobe, Galápagos Design Group, BJ’s Wholesale, Haband, Nassau Guardian, Johnson & Johnson and bethere.com. Ilene has written for HOW, Dynamic Graphics, STEP Inside, and DesignEdge. She also writes the popular column, fy(t)i For Your Typographic Information, which can be found on fonts.com, as well as TypeTalk for creativepro.com. Her current book, Type Rules! The designer’s guide to professional typography, 2nd edition, has received numerous accolades from the type and design community. She conducts her widely acclaimed Gourmet Typography workshops internationally.

Ilene Strizver’s Specialties:

Author of Type Rules! The designer's guide to professional typography, 2nd edition, Wiley & Sons, Inc. Author of two web-based monthly columns: fy(t)i For Your (Typographic) Information, www.fonts.com, TypeTalk, www.creativepro.com.