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St Petersburg submission deadline extended
Attention all who were thinking of giving a talk at the conference of ATypI in St.Petersburg, and thought it was too late to submit a proposal. The ATypI'o8 Programme Committee has just decided to extend the deadline for submission of proposals to Monday, 14 April.
Posted 30 March 2008
Invitation to submit papers
It is with great pleasure that the Programme Committee of ATypI’o8 invites you to contribute your proposal of a talk/presentation/panel discussion for inclusion in the programme of this year’s conference. We are confident that the forthcoming conference will provide an excellent opportunity for typographic professionals, experts and enthusiasts to exchange ideas, establish collaborations, and present the results of their research and creative work, to share their views and ideas of the shorter- and longer-term developments in the industry, to take a long, hard look at its past and present, and to peer into the crystal ball trying to see its future.
Posted 12 March 2008
Lyubov’ Alexeyevna Kuznetsova, 1928–2008
Lyubov’ Kuznetsova, the senior member of the Russian type design community, passed away in Moscow on February 22, after a long struggle with illness
Posted 23 February 2008
Type on the web
Hiba Studio
HibaStudio is a bilingual website (Arabic, English) interested in Arabic calligraphy and computerized font design. It is owned and maintained by type designer Hassan Abu Afash from Gaza, Palestine. It was launched in 2007. This site gives many services including: - Custom Arabic fonts design and has many collection of Arabic type design and typographic projects of Hasan Abu Afash - Converting fonts to Unicode and OpenType. - Converting fonts from Mac to the PC. - Expanding fonts designed to cover all languages that us the Arabic script: Arabic, Persian, Urdu ... etc., according to the Unicode 5. (Posted by Hasan Abu Afash)
New fonts from TypeTogether
TypeTogether is proud to announce the recent release of two new font families. Cora, designed by Bart Blubaugh, is a sans serif with an experimental bent, offering a large x-height, some contrast of stroke weight, and capitals inspired by classical lettering. And Bree, designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione, is a fluid upright italic with a set of alternate letters when a more classical look is desired. It is based on TypeTogether's logotype. For more details please go to www.type-together.com. (Posted by Veronika Burian)
29letters
29letters website is the collection of Arabic type design and typographic projects of Pascal Zoghbi (Lebanon). Pascal graduated in July 2006 with a Master of Design from the Type & Media course at the Royal Academy of Arts [kabk] in The Hague. In 2002 he received his Bachelor Degree of Arts in Graphic design from Notre Dame University in Lebanon. Prior to his postgraduate studies, he worked in Beirut for several years as a graphic designer in print and web design. He is an independent type and graphic designer since August 2006 and he is currently a part-time instructor teaching type design and typography courses at AUB (American University of Beirut), NDU (Notre Dame University) and LAU (Lebanese American University). In the website you can read about all the recent Arabic type projects as well as articles about Arabic type and Arabic type workshops. (Posted by Pascal Zoghbi)
ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) is the premier worldwide organisation dedicated to type and typography. Founded in 1957, ATypI provides the structure for communication, information and action amongst the international type community.
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BioGráficas. History of Latin American Women Designers
Launching the website www.biograficas.com April 27, Graphic Designers’ International Day
BioGráficas is a Research Project that aims to widely document and diffuse the active participation of women in Latin America’s design. It is a website that collects the work of outstanding women designers, and can be reached both through country or area of design expertise.
Posted 24 April 2008 by Marina Garone Gravier
TL2008, Biennal of Latin American Type Design and Typography
We are proud to announce the launch of Tipos Latinos 2008, Third Biennal of Latin American Type Design and Typography.
Posted 21 April 2008 by Pablo Cosgaya
T-convoca 2008
On March 29 T-convoca started his sixth consecutive cycle of conferences focused in typography and related subjects.
Posted 10 April 2008 by Miguel Catopodis