TypeTech Forum
Wednesday 14 September–Thursday 15 September, 9:00–17:00.
Location: Sokos Hotel Presidentti
The two days prior to the main Conference will feature ATypI TypeTech Forum – a two-day technical seminar related to font development on a range of subjects, including Unicode, OpenType and type design & production applications. The ATypI TypeTech Forum is this year organized by Simon Daniels of Microsoft Typography.
A second track of FontLab training will be provided on both days. Attendees can alternate between tracks as space allows.
Registration
The event is bookable separately from the main conference, but there are discounts for booking at both events. You can register at the registration section (fees vary depending on when you book and whether you are also attending the main conference).
Speakers
Adam Twardoch Scripting Products & Marketing Manager Fontlab Ltd.
Andreas Eigendorf FSI Fonts und Software GmbH
Attila Korap Font Technology Specialist Linotype Library
Brian Kraimer Vice President Ascender Corporation
Carl Crossgrove Type Designer Monotype Imaging
Dave Opstad Tools Guru Monotype Imaging
David Lemon Manager, Type Development Adobe Systems
Frank E Blokland Chief Executive Officer Dutch Type Library
Grigori Scholz FSI Fonts und Software GmbH
Kevin Larson Researcher Microsoft Corp.
Michael Jansson Em2 Solutions
Sergey Malkin OpenType designer Microsoft Typography
Si Daniels Program Manager Microsoft Typography
Ted Harrison President Fontlab Ltd.
Thomas Phinney Program Manager, Fonts & Core Technologies Adobe Systems
Tiffany Wardle Designer
Victor Gaultney Type designer SIL International
Yuri Yarmola Vice President R&D Fontlab Ltd.
Programme
Day 1. Wednesday, September 14, 2005
| Introduction to OpenType. Morning of day one, beginner level tutorials on OpenType, Unicode and the character glyph model. Those who know a bit about the subject can sleep in. | The content of the FontLab track will be repeated on both days so people can get as much as possible from both tracks. | |
| 8.00 am | Doors and registration desk opens | |
| 9.00 am | Introduction (15') Si | Introduction to FontLab Studio (45') Ted |
| 9.15 am | Glyph/character model (30') Tom | |
| 9.45 am | Basics of OpenType Layout (45') David | Drawing Glyphs & Customizing FontLab (45') Adam, Yuri |
| 10.30 am | Break (15') | |
| 10.45 am | Uniscribe and shaping engines (30') Sergey | OpenType the Easy Way (30') Ted |
| 11.15 am | App, OS and tools support for OpenType (45') Tom, Sergey, Adam, Si | Advanced Metrics (45') Yuri |
| noon | Lunch (60') | |
| Tools & technology. Afternoon of day one, let's talk about tools, what’s new in the world of type tools. |
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| 1.00 pm | OpenType ISO standardization progress report (15') Si, Tom | Mysteries of the Font Header (60') Adam |
| 1.15 pm | New tools and technologies emerging from Monotype Imaging (45') Dave | |
| 2.00 pm | What’s new from Fontlab Ltd. (30') Adam | Font Family Creation using MM (60') Ted, Yuri |
| 2.30 pm | FontMaster – the other font editor (30') Frank | |
| 3.00 pm | Break (15') | |
| 3.15 pm | SING song – All about Adobe's SING technology (15') Tom | Introduction to Python scripting (60') Adam |
| 3.30 pm | OpenType contextual features: new uses and code examples (45') Tom | |
| 4.15 pm | Web font embedding – the first ten years (45') Michael | OpenType Features in FontLab (45') Adam, Yuri |
Day 2. Thursday, September 15, 2005
| Font testing and QA and process. Morning of day two, font testing and QA, current ideas and processes around font testing, and font quality. | The content of the FontLab track will be repeated on both days so people can get as much as possible from both tracks. | |
| 8.00 am | Doors open | |
| 9.00 am | Making fonts for software companies (60') Carl | Introduction to FontLab Studio (45') Ted |
| 10.00 am | FontQA – Quality Assurance with FontLab (30') Andreas, Grigori, Adam |
9.45 am Drawing Glyphs & Customizing FontLab (45') Yuri |
| 10.30 am | Break (15') | |
| 10.45 am | Font Certification, a good idea? (45') Brian | Introduction to Python scripting (45') Adam |
| 11.30 am | Automated application tests (30') Atilla | OpenType the Easy Way (30') Ted |
| noon | Lunch (60') | |
| Licensing and usage rights. Afternoon of day two, licensing and usage rights, the way fonts are being used and abused is changing, how can we respond and how can we protect font IP. | ||
| 1.00 pm | The “Font EULA” (30') Tiffany | Mysteries of the Font Header (60') Adam |
| 1.30 pm | Font embedding beyond documents (30') Si | |
| 2.00 pm | Open font licensing (30') Victor | OpenType Features in FontLab (60') Adam, Yuri |
| 2.30 pm | Linotype Font Explorer X (30') Atilla | |
| 3.00 pm | Break (15') | |
| 3.15 pm | This is your brain on poor typography. Any questions? (45') Kevin | Advanced Metrics (45') Yuri |
| 4.00 pm | Q&A (60') | Font Family Creation using MM (60') Ted, Yuri |
Note: The program is subject to change.