Rina Goldfield is a painter, drawer, and bookmaker based in the Northeast. She received her BFA from the Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She is passionate about teaching art to kids, teens, college students, and adults alike. Her practice foregrounds material exploration, and she loves sharing her knowledge, based on wide-ranging personal investigation, with her students. You can see her work at www.rinagoldfield.com.

Amy Papaelias is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches web design, typography, and senior thesis. She has written for Adobe Create magazine, Typographica.org and TypeNetwork, among many other type and design-related publications. When not social distancing, you can find her speaking about her research and teaching at conferences and events such as American Printing History Association conference, the Type Directors Club, and TypeCon. She helps keep the lights on at Alphabettes.org, a network that supports and promotes the work of women in type and the lettering arts. 

Fred Shallcrass is a typeface designer at Frere-Jones Type. He grew up in New Zealand, designing magazines, lettering and type for cultural and commercial clients. Since moving to New York, Fred has focused on type, working on branding projects, contributing to retail typeface families including Mallory & Conductor and designing custom typefaces and wordmarks for various clients.