Simplifying life. Type foundry (international scripts, music notation), designs by @composerjk. Designing type workflow & educational tools.
Joined March 2009
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"#Piano Whorl Experiment" on @Bandcamp—#BandcampFriday. 1-track songs centered with @8Dio's #Soundpaint 1928 #Steinway w/delays. Epsilon:+@wwwPLOGUEcom chipsynth OPS7. Delta:+@ujaminstruments Finisher Dynamo.
Tracklist #Font: my 1403 Vintage Mono Pro.
composerjk.bandcamp.com/albu…
ALT "Piano Whorl Experiment" by Jeff Kellem album cover design. A checkerboard pattern over semi-circular waves. Lines are purple and checkerboard insets are green. The shapes cause those insets to be round, looking like green balls.
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Hot off the press! Download the all-new Glyphs 3 Handbook from glyphsapp.com/learn
Many thanks to Nathalie Dumont, Jeff Kellem and Florian Pircher 👏👏👏
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Typefaces (in-progress) used on the “In the Mist” single artwork: L’Independant revival for title & 1403 Vintage Mono Pro (lowercase addition) for artist name.
#fonts #newmusic #harp #sax
Rough-cut track here & elsewhere @Spotify, @AppleMusic, @DistroKid: composerjk.bandcamp.com/trac…
ALT Artwork for "In the Mist" rough-cut single by Jeff Kellem. Ocean, sailboat, fog rolling in. Brush in the foreground, wind blowing.
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My compiled score/arrangement for the “Why Be Good?” (1929) clip—starring Colleen Moore; part of the @ASMACinfo Scoring #SilentFilm Showcase. Using Henry Hadley’s “Silouhettes” suite (1919). Arranged for clarinet, cornet, violin, cello, piano. #filmmusic
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The 1403 Vintage Mono Pro typeface (without the lowercase) is available for licensing: 1403.slantedhall.com/
#typedesign #fonts #ibm1403 #ibm1401 @IBM #mainframe #lineprinter #font #VintageComputing #computerhistory #1960s
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Typefaces used in artwork: Filmotype Gemini (which I should really get back to completing) and 1403 Vintage Mono Pro (lowercase addition in-progress), both designed by me @slantedhall. Photography also mine. #fonts #albumcover #electronica #BandcampFriday #bandcamp
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.@Bandcamp Friday—Spinning in Space: 4 short electronica pieces exploring sound manipulation. Tools used: @pluginguru Unify—@CableguysTweets Shaper Box 2—@iZotopeInc Ozone 9—Track 4:+@ujaminstruments Neo, Fluxx, Nemesis—@NewfangledAudio—@audiothing Wires.
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Support @FontLiBeirut to raise funds for #BeirutBlast victims. I submitted a few designs—V below—& backed the @Indiegogo project! Curated by @arabictype. Printed in #Beirut—300 glyphs—157 #designers—1 #font.
#BeirutExplosion
#LettersofHope
#FontLiBeirut
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ALT Prints from the Font Li Beirut project, with decorate Latin & Arabic letters designed by 157 designers around the world, raising funds to support victims of the Beirut blast.
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Lots of amazing designers helped on short notice for @arabictype’s project to help raise more funds for those affected by the the explosion in Beirut. One of the glyphs I submitted is in this post (V, top). I recognize @letterror’s E (lower). Avail soon!
#Beirut
#LettersOfHope
It looks like the final number will be more than 300 glyphs!!! I'm sorting through everything now and tomorrow will share some exciting updates!! This is more than a font!!! Sending lots of hugs and love to all who have supported this initiative!
#Beirut
#LettersOfHope
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Part of what my day looks like, today. Researching for a font engineering project to work out some ideas of what's possible. #typedesignerlife #fontengineering #fontdesign #typedesign #musicfonts #musicianlife #apple #macos9 #fonts
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Register for the @typesociety #typedesign conference @typecon, 28 Aug–1 Sep 2019 Minneapolis! typecon.com/register
Read my TypeCon trip reports: slantedhall.wordpress.com/ca…
1403 font: 1403.slantedhall.com/
#fonts #fontdesign #typography #design #education #typecon2019 #typecon
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Guess where I'll be tonight?
Okay, given away by the image: finally making an appearance at @TypeThursdaySF tonight at @SFCB! It's been a while.
Examples of my @slantedhall typeface designs in image: Filmotype Gemini & 1403 Vintage Mono Pro lowercase. #fonts #typedesign
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Music notation font engineering project this past year, my @slantedhall collaboration with @nycmusicservice—ported @doricoofficial Petaluma to @AvidSibelius as Pori+Chords+Rehearsal.
@scoringnotes announcement:
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#fonts #musicfonts #sibelius #jazz #scoring
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And here's the batch of ~500 photos from #TypeCon2018:
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#typedesign #conference #typecon #typography #education #design
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The @TypeCon 2019 (28 Aug–1 Sep) CFP is due 1 March. Here's my quick @slantedhall trip report for TypeCon 2018 with a link to the CFP + 500 photos finally uploaded. #typedesign #conference #typecon2018 #typecon #typography #education #design @typesociety
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Been busy @NAMMShow. Meetings & panels today. @w3c @MusicXML / SMuFL, Sound Design, Mastering, Roomful of Pianos. New @senselinc Buchla Thunder overlay for their Morph controlling an Easel & modular synths via @Snyderphonics MantaMate. #namm2019 #namm
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Fun research by @kenshirriff on how 132 columns+14 ⅞" paper became printer standard—spotlight on @IBM 1403 & @ComputerHistory Museum. Punchcards, accounting machines, mainframes, oh my.
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IBM 1403 inspired my 1403 Vintage Mono font: 1403.slantedhall.com/
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Crazy busy new year: Opened w/planned medical procedure+prep+recovery, squeezing in time to listen to @RecordingAcad GRAMMY nominees, prep for @NAMMShow & @The_SCL, client & my own music notation & text fonts work, composing new music, type design tool coding,+dance/musical work.