Type Detective - image processing by Chris Lozos / Dezcom

Next Thursday evening (Jan 19), I’ll be at the Type Directors Club giving a talk about forensic typography: using fonts, typography and printing technology to detect forged documents, and a number of the cases I’ve been asked to investigate. Learn how stupid mistakes ruined perfectly good forged documents, from the NFL to the US Presidency!

It seems particularly apt to give this talk in New York City, as there have been two local “forged documents” cases in the news in just the past week, both involving staff at New York City high schools: an employee faking a death certificate to get a longer vacation, and another faking a jury duty letter.

Please come to my talk, from 6:30-8:30 pm on Thursday Jan 19. The Type Directors Club is at 347 W 36th St, New York, NY.

• More info on the TDC web site
• Register for the talk (free for TDC members)

Also, here are some links about my past type detective activities:

• The Killian Memos on President Bush’s National Guard service (and a follow-up)
• Bob Hayes NF Hall of Fame letter forgery

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