- Frank Jonen
Frank Jonen is a German born visual effects artist with roots in print design and screen design.
Working with the web since 1994 and adopting CSS in 2002 he went unaffected by the which mainly hit the
San Francisco Bay Area andNew York City .Contracted by [http://www.linotype.com/ Linotype] in 2001 Frank Jonen produced the very first commercial Photofont called Zapfino Ink in collaboration with
Hermann Zapf . It drove the format to its limits and forcedFontLab to add extra features to the format. The typeface was based on Zapf's original calligraphic sketches from 1945 and simulated how ink and paper form the shapes of a glyph when written with a fountain pen including the gradual breakup of the ink as the tip drains while writing.While publishing some high ranking icon sets and desktop pictures on Apple.com the year marked the steady decline of his icon design business and it began to fade into what would be his true calling,
visual effects work. Mainlymatte painting ,rotoscoping andcolor grading .Working with 3 time [http://www.losangelesmusicawards.net/ Los Angeles Music Awards] nominated Los Angeles based singer / songwriter
Noush Skaugen since February 2006, Jonen joined [http://www.noushskaugen.com/ Noush Skaugen Entertainment] as a full-time employee in October 2006. At Noush Skaugen Entertainment, Jonen is in charge ofWebdesign , Trailer production,visual effects and editing of video content,podcast production and promotion. Although his business card simply reads "Vendor Relations & Licensing".External links
* [http://www.noushskaugen.com/ Noush Skaugen Entertainment]
* [http://www.frankjonen.com/ Personal / Professional Site]
* [http://www.linotype.com/8-2168-8-14556/speakerspresentations.html Linotype Library GmbH] ( [http://www.linotype.com/8-1678-8/linotypetypotechnica2003.html Conference] Speaker Listing)
* [http://www.atypi.org/30_past_conferences/09_Vancouver/20_speakers/view_person_html?personid=986 ATypI Speaker Bio]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/vendor.aspx?VID=FJTY Microsoft Typography]
* [http://www.myfonts.com/Article8408.html Fleurons of Hope Contribution]
* [http://links.theapplecollection.com/index.php?cat=27 Desktop Pictures]
* [http://www.unicode.org/consortium/uniencoded.html Unicode Consortium Contributions]
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