In this CreativePro Conversation, Chuck Weger sits down for a conversation with Washington State Senator Lisa Wellman. “A senator?” I hear you asking. Though she currently chairs the Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee in the state senate, Wellman has been blazing trails since the beginning of the modern publishing era. After working as a public school teacher, she went to work for Apple as their head of commercial publishing. She certainly has seen quite the changes through her history in the industry and still has her finger on its pulse, sitting on the Energy, Environment & Technology Committee. Lisa and Chuck give us some insights into the foundations of the creative industries we are currently a part of.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on November 11, 2022
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Hi Chuck,
I have my old RIP2 in my basement office. I use it as an end table to my sofa! Mostly so that I can offhandedly say, “oh! THAT old thing? Yeah, pishah!” (My $30k end table!)
I remember well the Seybold font presentation* when Gates announced TrueType with attending partner, Jobs. Warnock became so incensed, he angrily announced that effective immediately, they’d release the specs for Type 1 Postscript fonts. I was sitting directly in front row facing podium.
I well remember how every reporter ran from the room to the bank of pay phones as soon as the first break came about.
Kass Johns
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
*Opening salvo in The Font Wars!
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