RIP Mark Solsburg
James Montalbano
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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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I just recently came across this insightful interview with him: https://detroit.aiga.org/fonthaus_qa/
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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.0
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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.2 -
FontHaus was one of my main go-tos in that era. Always enjoyed getting their catalogs. (Remember those?) RIP, Mark.
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I remember in the early days of Fonthaus, Jonathan Hoefler's studio was listed as the Fonthaus Foundry2
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Oh no. Such sad news. RIP, Mark.0
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