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Type Designer
Delve Withrington
Alameda, CA
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About
A highly creative, technically adept, dependable, and personable type designer building on two decades of experience creating typefaces, logos, architectural signage and more.
Withrington’s own typefaces and those produced with others are published under the banner “Delve Fonts”, the independent type foundry Withrington began in 1996.
Originally from Asheville, NC, Withrington attended The Savannah College of Art and Design. -
Education
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Savannah College of Art and Design1989 - 1991
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Experience
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Development LeadJun 2016 - Present (10 years)As Development Lead some of my duties include:
• Launch new TypeThursday chapters
• Identify potential partners for TypeThursday
• Assist Chapter Leads in organizing process
• Foster cross-chapter development
• Schedule Foundry Spotlights
I’m also the Founder and Former Chapter Lead of TypeThursdaySF -
Secretary, Board of DirectorsSep 2012 - Present (13 years 9 months)
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Founder & Principal DesignerAlameda, CANov 2008 - Present (17 years 7 months)Clients: Guidewire Software, Inc., Red Hat, Inc., Wizards of the Coast, Bose Corp., Adobe Typekit
I specialize in the design and production of custom fonts for clients, including quality assurance, testing, and consulting.
In addition to creating and publishing my own typefaces, I frequently collaborate with others to produce and distribute their typeface designs. The retail typefaces are published and sold through the independent foundry, Delve Fonts and distributed by Adobe Typekit, and Font Bros.
Rieven Uncial designed by Steven Skaggs and produced by Delve Fonts received a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design in the TDC2 2010. -
Type DesignerMonotypeApr 2004 - Nov 2008 (4 years 7 months)Production and development of typefaces for Monotype and ITC type libraries.
Development of OpenType Pro fonts and fonts for Mobile Devices.
Production and development of custom type for Monotype clients.
Development of custom Python tools for use in font development. -
Type DesignerFontShopFeb 2001 - Apr 2004 (3 years 2 months)Designed custom fonts for FontShop clients.
Production on typefaces for FontFont library.
Prepared estimates and consultation for custom typeface projects.
Font tech support for FontShop sales staff and web design. -
Design DirectorZing Network, Inc.Jun 1999 - Dec 2000 (1 year 6 months)Managed a small, talented group of designers to fulfill the goals and vision of the Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief.
Responsible for the development and production of design for the web and print.
Co-developed and executed a site and logo redesign.
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Sole ProprietorDelve Media ArtsJun 1996 - Jul 1999 (3 years 1 month)Clients: Saatchi & Saatchi, Organic, Hewlett-Packard, and TechTV
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Freelance Graphic DesignerAslan Computing1996 - 1998 (2 years)Web Design
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SignmakerDesign Communications LtdDec 1992 - Apr 1996 (3 years 4 months)Designing and making architectural signage
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Affiliations
SOTA - the organizers of TypeCon, Type Directors Club
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@delvewithrington, member since 2009
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