Senior Font Development SME (OpenType / Legacy Font Conversion) - REMOTE

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Position Overview

Halvik is seeking a highly experienced Senior Font Development SMEs to support the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) XPub modernization program. XPub replaces the legacy Microcomp composition system used to publish congressional and federal documents. These specialists will develop and refine OpenType versions of legacy PostScript/Microcomp fonts, preserving historical typographic fidelity and supporting accurate composition of Bills, Resolutions, and Amendments ahead of planned production readiness.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Execution: Develop and complete modern OpenType equivalents of legacy proprietary fonts, preserving the appearance of historical congressional publications.
• Operational Oversight: Plan and track font/glyph development, maintain work logs and issue updates, and deliver source-controlled font assets and documentation during applicable sprints.
• Collaboration: Coordinate with GPO XPub engineers, XSLT developers, typography stakeholders, testers, and the Government project team to resolve font-related defects.
• Technical Performance: Design, create, refine, and test character glyphs; address missing accented characters and fallback-font issues; validate OpenType rendering against reference output generated using legacy Microcomp.
• Additional Duties: Support conversion of remaining PostScript fonts, develop cap/small-cap and strikethrough glyphs, produce reference PDFs, conduct visual comparisons, document discrepancies, and assist with integration and user acceptance testing.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Degree in typography, graphic design, computer science, digital media, or related field preferred; equivalent specialized font-engineering experience considered.
• Experience: Significant professional experience developing production OpenType fonts and restoring or converting legacy typefaces; demonstrable portfolio of relevant work required. 
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced experience with OpenType font creation software; legacy PostScript fonts; glyph design and Unicode Latin character ranges; typographic matching, proofing, and font validation.
• Compliance: Must meet GPO XPub development, documentation, source-control, testing, and Government-furnished system access requirements; work supports unclassified federal publishing.
• Clearance: U.S. citizenship and eligibility for the clearance and access required by this assignment; the specific level will be confirmed.

Preferred Expertise

• Experience preserving or digitally restoring legacy typefaces, particularly for publishing, archival, legal, or government documents.
• Experience working with high-volume composition workflows, Microcomp or comparable legacy typesetting systems, XML/XSLT-driven publishing, and Agile development teams.
• Exceptional attention to typographic detail, visual comparison skills, troubleshooting, documentation, and ability to work against a defined production-readiness milestone.