23 Facts About Dave Nalle

David F Nalle was an American political writer, game author and type designer.

Dave Nalle was active in the early history of the development of the internet.

Dave Nalle's parents were American diplomat David Nalle and Margaret Shumaker Nalle.

In 1989, Dave Nalle founded Scriptorium Fonts to market his original font designs and digital recreations of antique type and hand lettering, initially for the Commodore 64 and eventually primarily for Macintosh and Windows users.

Dave Nalle ran for Texas State Representative in 2002, and served as Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus from 2009 to 2013.

Dave Nalle was ex-president of the Manor Lions Club and Chairman of the East Travis County Advisory Board which supervises a community center, a public library and charity programs in Manor, Texas.

Dave Nalle had two daughters and resided outside of Austin, Texas.

Dave Nalle was the author of articles published in Dragon and other gaming magazines, as well as game, media and book reviews, short fiction and poetry.

Dave Nalle had featured columns in Renaissance Magazine and Thrust: Science Fiction in Review.

Dave Nalle's published game designs include the Ysgarth and To Challenge Tomorrow roleplaying games, game books and resources like Pantheon and Character Role Playing and the Arthurian collectible card game Quest for the Grail.

Dave Nalle was the editor and publisher of 51 issues of Abyss Magazine.

Dave Nalle designed the Suburban Slasher strategy game, which was one of the games that TSR banned from Gen Con in the 1990s due to content.

In 2003, Dave Nalle was brought in as a guest designer for a radical redesign of Whole Earth magazine under the guest editorship of Viridian guru Bruce Sterling.

Dave Nalle began his involvement with the internet in 1979 working for Al Gore at the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future which sponsored the Congressional Chautauqua series that brought together legislators, academics and communications industry professionals and is credited as the starting point for the development of the public internet.

Dave Nalle operated the Infinite Incarnations BBS which ran on the Hermes BBS package and operated until 1994.

Dave Nalle began writing a blog in 2002 during his campaign for State Representative in Texas House District 42.

Dave Nalle edited the Republican Liberty Caucus weblog and was a featured contributor to the Republican Leadership Council website.

Dave Nalle returned to political activism after his unsuccessful run for State Representative in 2002, becoming involved with the Republican Liberty Caucus and eventually serving as Vice Chairman from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman.

Dave Nalle worked as an adviser and consultant on a number of campaigns in the 2008,2010 and 2012 elections, specializing in new media campaigns and message framing.

Dave Nalle appeared in TV ads for the Ted Cruz in the US Senate race in 2012.

Towards the end of the 2012 election, Dave Nalle joined Liberty Torch Political Consulting.

Dave Nalle was the policy and messaging adviser for the firm.

On February 14,2021, Perkins posted on her Facebook page that Dave Nalle had died the previous day.