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Paul Luna is Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading, UK, and author of Typography: A Very Short Introduction (2018). He has written on the relationship between typography and lexicography, and for many years directed the design of English and bilingual dictionaries at Oxford University Press.

Fiona Ross is Professor in Type Design at the University of Reading, UK. With a background in languages and Indian palaeography, she specializes in type design for Arabic, South Asian, and Thai writing systems. Fiona has received the SoTA Typography Award (2014) and the Type Director’s Club Medal (2018).

Aaris Sherin is an educator, writer, and designer. She is Professor of Graphic Design at St John’s University, New York, USA, and the author of Sustainable Thinking (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Introduction to Graphic Design (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Vaibhav Singh is an independent researcher, typographer, and type designer. Previously a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and chairman of the Printing Historical Society, he is the editor of the journal Contextual Alternate and co-editor of the Bloomsbury research series Notes on Typography.

Sue Walker is co-director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing, and director of the Lettering, Printing, and Graphic Design Collections in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, UK. Her research interests are in book design for young people and the relationship between typography and language.