Current statutes
This document was adopted at the 2004 annual meeting in Prague. It modifies the 1995 statutes to allow continuing operation of the Association while the latest proposed statute draft (see below) continues to be discussed.
Proposed statement of principles and objectives and statutes
This document has been prepared after many years of discussion within the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) community. It specifically addresses concerns about the Moral Code (also known as the Code Morale) and its applicability to today’s world of typeface art and commerce. The first draft of the proposed Statement of Principles and Objectives included in this document was prepared by Robin Kinross at the request of the ATypI Board. The Board then worked on the draft and on the Statutes for many months after he provided his input. Key contributors were Adam Twardoch, John Berry, and Cynthia Batty, though nearly all members of the Board made suggestions and contributions. We have also had input from one of Adobe’s lawyers, Donna Kolnes, thanks to the assistance of David Lemon, and we have incorporated her remarks as well.
At the end of this document is the revision history for both documents, which will help in understanding the changes that were made during the course of the discussion so far.
We hope to be able to ratify these documents through electronic voting. Your contribution to the discussion will be most valuable in the next months, so that when the final revised Statement of Principles and Objectives and Statues are presented, they will best express the will of the members of ATypI. We invite you to participate in the discussion on the Member’s list, and also to send your comments to secretariat@atypi.org. We will do our best to incorporate suggestions into the final draft.
Mark BattyPresident, ATypI
June 20, 2004 Download the draft document as a PDF file (219Kb)