Typography and its Role in Signage Featured in White Papers, Webinar Series

ALEXANDRIA, VA – March 10, 2013 – A four-part,white-paper series on typography and its use in signage, and an accompanying webinar series, will be released this month. Created by the Signage Foundation Inc., the white papers were sponsored by Nova Polymers, Dixie Graphics and Swell Media.

The white papers were written by Craig Berger, Chair of the Visual Presentation and Exhibit Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The first two white papers—“The History of Typography and Place” and “Environmental Typography Best Practices”—will be issued in conjunction with the first webinar, to be held at 2 p.m. (ET) March 13. Berger will be joined by Roger Whitehouse, Whitehouse and Company; and Lance Wyman, Wyman and Company.

The two remaining white papers—“Typography and the Code” and “Typography Case Studies”—will be released in conjunction with the second webinar at 2 p.m. (ET) April 4.

The typography white paper series will be available on the Signage Foundation Inc.’s website.

Registration for the webinars is available at the International Sign Association website: www.signs.org.

About The Signage Foundation, Inc.
The Signage Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to fulfilling the educational, research, and philanthropic purposes of on-premise signage. The Signage Foundation is committed to expanding the knowledge base on the use and benefits of signage products through peer-reviewed research to facilitate the operation within the marketplace by manufacturers, suppliers, and individuals in their efforts to design, build, and sell innovative products.