Ilene Strizver is a noted

typographic Typography is the art and technique of typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

educator, author, designer and founder of The Type Studio in Westport, Connecticut. Her book,'' Type Rules! The designer’s guide to professional typography'', is now in its 4th edition.

Life and career

Strizver was the Director of Typeface Development for

International Typeface Corporation The International Typeface Corporation (ITC) was a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin and Edward Rondthaler. The company was one of the world's first type foundries to have no history in the production of ...

(ITC), where she developed more than 300 text and display typefaces with such respected and world-renowned type designers as

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, Jill Bell, Jim Parkinson, Tim Donaldson, and the late

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. Prior to ITC, she was Creative & Production Director of ''Upper & lowercase (U&lc''), the award-winning international journal for typography and typographic design. She worked with such legendary type icons as

Ed Benguiat Ephram Edward Benguiat (; October 27, 1927October 15, 2020) was an American type designer and lettering artist. He designed over 600 typefaces, including Tiffany, Bookman, Panache, Souvenir, Edwardian Script, and the eponymous Benguiat and Bengu ...

, Aaron Burns and

Herb Lubalin Herbert F. Lubalin (; March 17, 1918 – May 24, 1981) was an American graphic designer. He collaborated with Ralph Ginzburg on three of Ginzburg's magazines: ''Eros'', ''Fact'', and ''Avant Garde''. He designed the typeface, ITC Avant Garde ...

. Strizver has written for ''HOW'', ''Dynamic Graphics'', and ''STEP Inside Design'', ''Letterspace'' and ''U&lc Online''. She is the author of fy(t)I For Your Typographic Information, which is published at www.fonts.com and www.itcfonts. com. She also writes ''TypeTalk'' for creativepro.com. Strizver has conducted her Gourmet Typography workshops nationally and internationally. Her clients include International Typeface Corporation (ITC), Monotype Imaging Corporation, Adobe, Linotype, Galápagos Design Group, Whole Foods, Harlequin Books, Somerset Entertainment, Integrated Marketing, Parents Magazine, MeadWestvaco, Nationwide Insurance, Life is good, Inc., Alliance Atlantis, Johnson & Johnson, Nassau Guardian, and b-there.com. Strizver is a member of the NY Type Directors Club, where she served two terms on the board of directors. She was chairperson of the TDC2 Type Design Competition. She also served two terms on the Board of Directors of the

Society of Typographic Aficionados A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

(SOTA), and chaired the SOTA Type and Design Education Forum from 2006 to 2009. She is a faculty member at the

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by ...

in New York City.

Education

After studying the French horn at SUNY Binghamton, Strizver received a BFA in art and painting from the University of New Mexico. She continued studying graphic arts and calligraphy at the School of Visual Arts, where she was mentored by Benguiat.

External links

*http://www.thetypestudio.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20100827003449/http://www.creativepro.com/articles/author/127543 *http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Articles/fyti/index.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Strizver, Ilene 1953 births Living people American typographers and type designers