Mark Barratt (partner)

Mark Barratt is a partner in Text Matters. He trained originally as a journalist and then as a typographer. He has worked in newspapers, business magazines, employee communications and video production. His particular interests are in clear language, ways of measuring communication effectiveness, and electronic publishing.

He occasionally lectures on electronic publishing and forms/interaction design. Mark is a vice-president of Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) and is active in various other type and technology groups.

Theresa Millar

Theresa is a writer, editor and project manager here at Text Matters. She gained her PhD, in archaeology, from The University of Reading in 1994 and worked with Oxford Archaeology as publications editor and project manager until joining Text Matters in May 1999.

Sandina Miller

Sandina has worked with us as a designer since Autumn 2003, after graduating with a first class degree in Typography & Graphic Communication. She also has a Postgraduate Certificate (with distinction) in publishing from Oxford Brookes University. She is a member of Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), and the Sign Design Society. Her interests are design-for-reading and design-for-action and she has particular experience in wayfinding design.

Sue Walker (partner)

Prof. Sue Walker is a partner in Text Matters and Head of the School of Arts and Communication Design at The University of Reading. Her current research interests are the analysis and description of text structures in documents, house style, and typographic design for children.

She is currently co-editor of Information Design Journal + Document Design, and a member of the editorial advisory panel of the Brazilian Journal of Information Design. She is also a member of the Executive of the Design Education Association (DEED), a council member of the Design Research Society (DRS) and a member of the Arts & Humanities Research Board (AHRB) Peer Review College.

Chris Milway

Chris joined our team in 2007 as a junior designer, after graduating with a first class degree in Typography & Graphic Communication. He works on design for print and the web.

Andy Shearer

Andy joined Text Matters in 2006. He has over 30 years' experience in design, spanning a wide range of areas from corporate identity to publishing. He has worked as a designer, typographer and design director with clients in the commercial and public sectors. An excellent communicator, he now specialises in client liaison, account handling and hands-on project management.

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