James Montalbano

James Montalbano is a Brooklyn-based type designer and founder of Terminal Design Inc.^[1]^[2]^[3] He is a past president of the Type Directors Club, and has taught typography and typeface design at Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School for Design, and the School of Visual Arts.^[2] He has designed custom fonts for magazines including Glamour and Vanity Fair.^[1]

Clearview Highway

Mantalbano was co-designer on the ClearviewHwy signage system,^[1]^[2] approved for use on all federal roads by the US Federal Highway Administration in 2004.^[2]^[4] More than 20 states have adopted use of the typeface as of 2011.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Yaffa, Joshua (12 August 2007). "The Road to Clarity". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Strizver, Ilene (7 October 2013). Type Rules: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography. Wiley. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-118-74869-5. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ Grynbaum, Michael M (17 September 2012). "Voters Annoyed by Hard-to-Read Ballots". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ "Interim Approval for Use of Clearview Font for Positive Contrast Legends on Guide Signs". Federal Highway Administration. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

External links

Terminal Design
Clearview Highway Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
TDC

[yaffa-1] Yaffa, Joshua (12 August 2007). "The Road to Clarity". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[Strizver2013-2] Strizver, Ilene (7 October 2013). Type Rules: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography. Wiley. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-118-74869-5. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[grynbaum2012-3] Grynbaum, Michael M (17 September 2012). "Voters Annoyed by Hard-to-Read Ballots". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[fha2004-4] "Interim Approval for Use of Clearview Font for Positive Contrast Legends on Guide Signs". Federal Highway Administration. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

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