Ilene Strizver

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, and STEP Inside magazines. She also authors the popular column "fy(t)I For Your Typographic Information," which can be found on www.fonts.com and www.itcfonts.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.