A Typographic Legend: Jan Middendorp

Jan Middendorp (4/9/56-12/8/23) contributed an incredible wealth of knowledge to the field of typography and was an integral part of our typographic family. I met Jan at my first TypeCon conference in Milwaukee in 2012. He was one of my first type design mentors, who offered business advice, type critiques, and introduced me to invaluable new contacts in the field. Jan was at almost every one of the larger type conferences, and I can vividly see him sitting in the lobby with his backpack slouched next to him, giving critiques to students or discussing the latest type controversies with colleagues.