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