RIP Mark Solsburg

James Montalbano
James Montalbano Posts: 126
edited September 2024 in Miscellaneous News
I was informed last week that Mark Solsburg has died from Alzheimers. His Fonthaus platform was one of the first font resellers to the market

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  • Jens Kutilek
    Jens Kutilek Posts: 384
    I just recently came across this insightful interview with him: https://detroit.aiga.org/fonthaus_qa/
  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,536
    Thank you for letting us know, James. I used to meet Mark regularly at ATypI conferences in the 1990s, and was impressed with Fonthaus’ marketing.
  • Mark Simonson
    Mark Simonson Posts: 1,764
    edited September 2024
    Sorry to hear that, James. I'd heard that he was not doing very well. 

    FontHaus was my first distributor, back in the nineties when signing with a distributor meant calling someone on the phone and exchanging faxes, and back when I didn't know anything about the font business. I used to talk to him on the phone a lot in those days, but only saw him a couple of times at conferences.
  • Kent Lew
    Kent Lew Posts: 1,020
    FontHaus was one of my main go-tos in that era. Always enjoyed getting their catalogs. (Remember those?) RIP, Mark.
  • James Montalbano
    James Montalbano Posts: 126
    edited September 2024
    I remember in the early days of Fonthaus, Jonathan Hoefler's studio was listed as the Fonthaus Foundry
  • Delve Withrington
    Delve Withrington Posts: 17
    Oh no. Such sad news. RIP, Mark.
  • Micha Mirck
    Micha Mirck Posts: 24
    The FontHaus site and telephone are not working. Anyone an idea what is happening?
  • Mark Simonson
    Mark Simonson Posts: 1,764
    The site seems to be working for me, although it's a bit slow to load.

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