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The Future

Dear Erik,
Have you thought any further on the future of type, type design and graphic design?

I have. I’ve also received comments from most people I know wondering what the heil it was going to be about. It could very well be the most pretentious title on the program : ( Maybe we should rename it into A Future?

A cap A would probably not mean much to the attendees. ;-). lf the title creates interest it is a good titlel So give your-personal-view of the (maybe only near) future on this field.

I want to show a modified expose on AutoBrander. Then l’m working on some ideas about how in the past automation caused the manual equivalent of a particular task to change, and what that could mean for typography. I think the general lines are about tools and tool devel­ opment, but I don’t want to talk about particular ones that we’re working on.

Good. Do not be too technical and give the outlines.

But the prospect is quite frightening.

Yes but then again: becoming a father also strikes you with fear-before handl
Find an old rear-view mirror and mount on your forehead so that you can see the whole world in it. Walk backwards. Let it sit for a day or two-and there you have your talk!

Clarified? Or mystified? Henrik

Erik van Blokland (Copenhagen 2001)
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Erik van Blokland

Erik van Blokland, LettError fellow since 1989 speaks about the futures for type and typo­ graphy. Colourful digital projected imagery will accompany the lecture for the entertainment of all.

Do you also have a bio (standard! and a photo (surely). Maybe the one with Just as he is with you in the Bonus track! Tell him that he should also come up with the bio if you are not using the usual combined Letterror one).
Clarified? Or mystified? Henrik