I'm interested in the ways we talk.

From an encounter with a print shop in my youth, I fell into a fascination with type & words.

I became a typographer.
A writer. A teacher.
A student of questions.pdqface

I strive in my work to reflect the craft, the honour of materials & processes and the technical creativity of my mentors, the pressmen and typesetters at The Waverly Press, MacKenzie & Harris and Kingsport Press.

Design
'No other designer is so intimately engaged in the editorial aspect of his work.' - Karen Judd

As a book designer, I trained with Jerry Dadds at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Robert Ishi at W.H. Freeman & Co and Hermann Zapf at the Rochester Institute of Technology. As I mastered technique, I took on apprentices and taught design and production around the Bay Area. I have specialised in the design of textbooks, training manuals and the presentation of complex information. A constant pioneer of new technologies, I am now taking my book skills onto the web. Here are a few of my favourite design moments:

2009 :: Quininger F09W, student writings, Fromm, design + production
1998 :: Calendars & meditations, JFCS, design, writing + production
1997 :: Catalog of recordings, Chanticleer, design + production
1996 :: Early house design system for use on B-list books and supplements, Addison-Wesley
1994 :: The Private Concert Series, programs & invitations, Kronos Quartet, live scans, design + production
1992 :: First known comic-book quick-start guide in English, PenPoint
1991 :: Early database-direct design matrix, architectural & user interface references for first pen-based operating system, PenPoint/GO Corp.
1991 :: First test of Xerox DocuTech Publishing System installation SF; Tales from the World of Kindergarten texts typeset, drawings scanned, paginated & printed electronically
1990 :: From a Breton Garden, Araldo, Aris Books/Addison-Wesley, design + art direction
1988 :: Workshop leader's guide, Preparing for the Drug (Free) Years, Catalano/Hawkins, Developmental Research
1988 :: Paradox 2.0 manual series, Ansa Software
1988 :: Truescan User's Guide, Calera
1985 :: Consulted on menu structure in Ventura Publisher, the first book design & layout program, beta-tested 1986
1984 :: First commercial use of laser printer to create type masters for textbooks, QR Inc
1984 :: Stairway Walks in San Francisco, Bakalinsky, Lexikos, produced at QR
1983 :: Silkscreen horticultural cards, Galeria de la Raza
1982 :: First edition layouts & production, Kapit & Elson's Anatomy Coloring Book
1981 :: Typography studies with Hermann Zapf, Rochester Institute of Technology
1980 :: Call for Entries, Bookbuilders West Book Show
1979 :: The Child's Peninsula, Phillips, Perseverance Press, design, art direction + production
1978 :: Ad-hoc committee on the classification of typefaces for use across multiple imaging devices, Xerox PARC
1972 :: Designing the Urban Landscape, studies with Lawrence Halprin, UC Extension
1968 :: Early offset science textbook from pasted-up boards, Gilluly Waters & Woodford, Geology, W.H. Freeman & Co, collaboration
1966 :: Early photostrip composition to offset, monthly calendar, The Baltimore Museum of Art
1965 :: Letterpress exhibition invitations, The Baltimore Museum of Art
1965 :: Print design studies with Jerry Dadds
1964 :: Urban design studies with Daniel Stanton, Baltimore Department of City Planning
1962-64 :: Art history studies with Phoebe Stanton, The Johns Hopkins University

Writing
'No one else can do logical, succinct and engaging so well.'
- John Zussman

My early writing teachers were Harold Bloom and Elliott Coleman. I have subsequently taught early learners, adults new to English and those returning as adults to the academic and writing milieu. I also edit, prepare manuscripts for design and typesetting and revise and reorganise textbooks and manuals. Here are a few writing and editing highlights:

2009 :: Developmental edit, a Tale of Vietnam, working with author
2008 :: Business plan, History of the Purse, Vincie
2007 :: Mission statement, Non-discrimination clause, New England Association on Hiv Over Fifty
2005 :: A personal take on three masters of the Spanish tongue, translations & critique of Machado, Neruda & García Lorca
2001 :: Personnel manual, AcroSports
1999 :: Zipline newsletter, five years, AcroSports
1998 :: On-line style guide, organisation & content, Netscape
1997 :: Ancestral Rhythm: Afro-Cuban jazz, with John Santos, in Threads of Jazz series, Dizzie Gillespie Jazz Education Fund, Jazz in the City Committee on Education & Outreach, write, design, develop rhythm & dance notations, illustrate & produce
1995 :: El día de los dead, la historia de Maria, Club Minehan, Merryhill, write, illustrate & produce
1994 :: Real Matter, stories of photography, The Hartford Courant
1994 :: Community newsletter, 2 year run, The Hartford Courant
1992 :: The Story of Gospel: Song & community, with resource & activity guide, in Threads of Jazz series, Jazz in the City Committee on Education & Outreach, write, design, illustrate + produce
1992 :: The Brave Story of Ütê Ruus, Diamond Travel Club
1989 :: Efficient Study Strategies, Usova, Brooks/Cole, developmental edit + design
1979 :: Meditations on food, Le Trou Restaurant Français, write, design + produce
1974 :: Food correspondent, Bay Guardian
1972 :: Manifesto, Gay Liberation Front
1967 :: Newsletter, Baltimore Farmers' Market
1965 :: BA, the Writing Seminars, Eliot Coleman, chair, The Johns Hopkins University

Teaching
'Everything I know about making sense, I learned from Paul.'
- Susan Catalano

In some ways, I have always been a teacher. My eight years teaching elementary and middle school in Santa Rosa rank among the most delightful of my life. In relation to my own crafts of design and writing, I find that when I share, I learn. Here are highlights:

2009 :: Discover & Craft Your Writing Voice, with Prof Joan Minninger, Fromm
2006 :: Type online, a course for web content writers when Yahoo fired their designers
2004 :: Writer's style guide wiki for mathematics series editors, Wadsworth
2003 :: Academic writing for ESL students, privately taught to a City College group
2001 :: Self-paced, online bidding software operating course & reference guide, Orange County Transportation Authority
2001 :: Safety training manuals, AcroSports
1997 :: Book design for editors, Editcetera
1996 :: Middle Grades: Freedom Sings, a puppet play about the American Revolution, Mesopotamia, The Musical, Story of Gilgamesh written & performed by students, The Stuart School
1995 :: Club Minehan: 3 ways to bake – science lessons in bread, Comix competition, Club Minehan Goes to Ireland – storytelling, Nick o'teen? No, a history of St Nick, K.D.Z. Press newsletter, 2 issues, Merryhill Country School
1994 :: The Nelson Operation: It's St Patrick's Day & Everyone Is Irish – history, History of India from the formation of the subcontinent to the present with a debate on caste between Indira Gandhi & Mother Theresa – written & performed by students, Kids' Democrat newsletter, 4 issues, Merryhill Country School
1993 :: Halstead's Voyages: Stinky Sock & Smelly Sock – a story told in bilingual Japanese-English fans, 6 Images from Undiscovered France – culture, 4 African-American Heroes – history, Canada as never seen before – history, Merryhill Country School
1992 :: Letrz to Rth – reading & writing, First Year Club, Merryhill
1991 :: Tales from the World of Kindergarten – reading readiness, stories dictated & illustrated by students, K-Kids, Merryhill
1986 :: Book design, UC Santa Cruz Extension
1982 :: Print design & production, Ad Club II
1979 :: Ephemera design and production, a hands-on course, Junior League
1976-83 :: Presentations on design specifications & production processes for several years, Bookbuilders West professional course in publishing
1976 :: Book design for visual artists, first of many courses for Artists in Print
1975 :: Sign language for parents, reading for kids, continuing programs in closing the gap, with Jess Grajeda, the World's Greatest Deaf DJ
1974-80 :: Professional book design training class, first known in SF; of five students in '74 class, all had successful publishing careers
1971 :: Baker training & new recipe development, Community Bakery

Management
'He masters order, budget, staff & schedules to give me what I need.' - Donna Kelley

I organise, not just books, websites and documents but also places, programs and production. An awareness of relationships and dependencies is among my greatest talents. I make and keep schedules and budgets, set up filing systems, structure websites. This list includes books I produced along with other management highlights.

2010 :: Browser-based employee manual to distribute on thumb drive with links to references & resources, Therapy stores
2009 :: Eldersexual campaign incl. brochures, national sponsor coordination, website launch, Merck
2007 :: Corporate ID including website launch, New England Association on Hiv Over Fifty
2004-07 :: NAHOF Connection newsletter, National Association on Hiv Over Fifty, production, design + writing
2003 :: Capital plan, AcroSports
2002 :: Corporate ID including website launch, AcroSports
2001 :: Corporate ID, National Association on Hiv Over Fifty, production + design
2001 :: Site development, plans & execution, AcroSports, production + content
1998 :: Board handbook & 5-year plan, AcroSports, production + writing
1998 :: Equipment design, safety procedures & maintenance standards, AcroSports, production + content
1997 :: Development on Stanyan Street, a community presentation for the Board of Supervisors, HANC
1997 :: Employee handbook, HR procedures, job descriptions, AcroSports, production, content + design
1989 :: Fundamentals of Nursing, Kozier/Erb/Bufalino, Addison-Wesley, production + design
1989 :: Theories of Personality, Ryckman, Brooks/Cole, production, design + art direction
1988 :: Care Planning Pocket Guide, Lederer et al, Addison-Wesley, production + design
1988 :: MP286 Laptop Sales Manual, Mitsubishi, production + design
1987 :: Hands-On AppleWorks, Luehrmann/Peckham, Computer Literacy, production + design
1987 :: Out of Our Kitchen Closets, Moskowitz (Ed.), Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, production + design
1984 :: Prisoners of the Deep, Andersen, Harper & Row, production, design + art direction
1984 :: Stairway Walks in San Francisco, Bakalinsky, Lexikos, production + design
1981 :: Song of Heyoehkah, Storm, Harper & Row, production, design + art direction
1979 :: Book show catalogue, Bookbuilders West
1967-73 :: Production department supervisor, set up procedures & forms, hired & trained staff, oversaw complete list, W.H. Freeman & Co.
1966 :: Promotional ephemera, Williams & Wilkins, production, writing + design
1965 :: Invitations, greeting cards, catalogs, calendars, The Baltimore Museum of Art, production, writing + design
1963 :: San José Master Plan book, City Planning Department, production, writing, maps + design

Research
'You've heard about dogs and bones? Paul pursues answers to earth's end.' - Misha Markov

The world is a curious place. I enjoy looking into its details as I come across anomalies or non-intuitive relationships. I enjoy, faced with technical challenges, exploring the alternatives. Here are some of my mentors and my pet projects.

2009 :: 'Pierre Bonnard; Social & political contexts', work in progress
2006 :: 'A reappraisal of Carlyle's Jocylin of Brakelund', for Prof Sheldon Rothblatt, Fromm
2005 :: 'Traditional values among Chinese-American children', for Prof Victoria Cha-Tsu Siu, Fromm
1994 :: 'Do recreational drug abuse or AZT cause AIDS?', a community study
1994-98 :: Experiments with live scans & platen assembly of print masters
1989 :: Fieldwork for 'Contemporary recrudescence of early medieval Provençal culture'
1981 :: 'Digital advances in type design & production', nationwide study including interviews on typographic composition automation at the Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, 3D modeling of typographic forms at MIT, production automation in the magazines of Peterborough, cross-platform digital type designs of Bigelow & Holmes
1978 :: 'Automatic letterspacing and the need for hand-kerning in phototypography', Artists in Print studies on phototype
1977 :: 'Working class prospects in Venice', contribution to neighborhood design working paper, 'Engaging the SF blue-collar community in urban growth'
1974 :: 'Modulation of proportions in the hand-cutting of punches', Artists in Print studies on phototype
1970 :: Gap year, publishing & German language studies in Hamburg
1965 :: 'Notes toward our history', the Baltimore Museum of Art
1962-64 :: Introduction to Greek language & society, William Albright, The Johns Hopkins University

My website work is shown with the group Ka·zëh Boyz.

Thank you to all who have continued to challenge & support me through an exciting life, especially my family of choice, faithful colleagues and dear friends.