TOP HAT TYPOGRAPHY

Top Hat Typography was founded in 1987 by Ken Avilez. Ken began studying and working in the printing field while still at Capucchino High School in San Bruno. At the time, Capucchino had one of the few vocational work-study programs specializing in printing and graphics in the Bay Area, with a complete prepress and print shop on site. After high school Ken continued to work as a freelance typesetter and graphic artist while attending college. Ken began working in the days of phototypesetting, mechanical artwork, paste-up, inking, camera work, film stripping, etc.,but things were changing rapidly. He started Top Hat Typography with a few principal clients like PCLO (now Broadway By the Bay) and built the business slowly. He specialized in typesetting with imagesetter paper and film output.