User:Barracudagal/David J. Ross

David Jonathan Ross was born October 16, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts (www.hampshire.edu) in 2007. His Division 3 project at Hampshire College focused on Digital Type Design and Typography, which included the creation of his first complete font, Climax, for use on the campus newspaper. While still a college student, Ross was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Type Design from the Type Director's Club for his western-style display font, Manicotti. (http://tdc.org/news/2007Results/Manicotti.html.) Upon graduation, Ross went to work as a type designer for the Font Bureau in Boston, Massachusetts. (www.fontbureau.com) In August 2009, the Font Bureau released Trilby by David Jonathan Ross.