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Future Fonts & Friends TypeCon 2025 Party at Outlet tour with Sam Berlow from The Type Founders

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The video captures the lively atmosphere of The Type Founders' party at Outlet during Future Fonts & Friends TypeCon 2025, hosted by Sam Berlow. Attendees are seen mingling and enjoying various treats, including free ice cream and pizza, while admiring colorful t-shirts featuring different fonts such as red, semi-green, and blue options. The event serves as a gathering for font enthusiasts to connect with one another, showcasing the vibrant community surrounding typography design and distribution. A significant highlight of the video is the introduction of Dan Ratigan from Timberite, an independent type foundry that launched its first font last year. Sam interviews Dan about his journey in creating fonts directly for sale and expresses admiration for his work on a specific typeface called "Timber." The conversation emphasizes how digital printing technology has evolved to allow designers like Dan to experiment with multiple fonts simultaneously, moving beyond the limitations of older handheld devices that could only print with a single font at a time. The video also features an exciting moment when two individuals named Dan Ratigan are brought together for their first meeting in person after years of knowing each other through digital interactions and industry circles. This reunion underscores the growing network within the typography community, where designers share credits with creators like Nadine and Simon while celebrating new collaborations. The footage concludes with Sam Berlow wrapping up his report from TypeCon, capturing the essence of creativity, friendship, and innovation that defines this unique gathering for font lovers worldwide.

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Sam Burllo from the Tight Founders. Look at what we have here. Posted at the outlet. I hope we're going to get some good deals. We note all the color possibilities. >> I like that. Cream. What kind of ice cream do we have? >> Oh, I have some free ice cream. >> Free ice cream. That's the best ice cream. We're going to come back to that so we don't get it all over ourselves. >> Two. Two luminaries. Luminary one. How are you? Been >> a long time. >> Good to see you. >> Didn't know you'd be here. Good to see you. >> Good to be here. Go a little walk around. Now free billion dollar. >> You got it. You got the pizza. >> Oh my god. Here's some more lovely folks. >> How you doing? >> How are we doing? How are we doing? You're on >> AI conference we're organizing. >> Isn't that beautiful? >> Who designed this? Who gets credit? >> Nadine did. >> Nadine, >> Simon, how are you? >> I'm doing good. >> What's your hat say? >> The Seattle Kraken. >> The Kraken. Oh my goodness. I didn't even see it. >> How long have you had Is that >> I've had it for like about 20 years and this is the first time? >> This is from the store. >> Yeah. First time I've worn it today. >> Oh my goodness. I bring it out in the bag. >> Ver was an one of the original distributors of fonts and images. >> How are you? >> I'm good. Good to see you. >> Good to see you. >> T-shirt. More fun, please. Amazing. >> I love this shirt. This is great. >> Thank you. >> Awesome. >> I do some colors. >> We got some red. We got semi green. We got some blue. Fantastic. >> I got to up my game. Drag. Drag. Drag. [Music] >> Take a video of the person taking a video of you. I'm usually like a black and I love black. >> Yes. Thanks. [Music] >> Look at this. We got a Ratigan sighting. Let's go take a look and see if he's got some new tattoos. >> Dan has always been obsessed with things that print regardless of whether it's a handheld device or a printer or a vandon gear and it was a little handheld device and he would walk around and just print things all over the place. But it only had one font. Maybe this has more fonts. You've really stepped up your game. >> So, you can go right to a t-shirt. What are you going to get printed on your t-shirts? What should I get? >> More fonts. >> How about don't we have enough fonts? >> What's What's your type found? >> Uh, Timber. >> Timberite. >> Yeah. Timber. And when did you start making fonts? >> Uh, I launched it like last year. >> Congratulations. >> It's been good. A little bit. Just a little bit. >> And you're selling directly. >> Yep. >> And you love it? >> I do. >> People call you up and say, "Can I have your font?" You're like, >> "But yeah." >> So >> that just takes time. >> Has Dan Ratigan met Dan Ratigan? >> Not yet. We're about to. >> I see you. [Music] We got them together at the same time for the first time. >> You knew ex he existed, Dan? >> I heard. I know. He asked me what my real name was. >> And I didn't even see the missing age. >> Yeah. >> All right. Here we go. A little bit too kunkra for >> you can't condense and expand on the fly. [Music] >> Nice. Okay, >> Jake, get one. >> What about fonts? >> Get a different version. >> Jake's world >> and you're all living in it. >> All right, this is Sam Burler reporting from Typcon. [Music]