Building an encyclopedia for typographic terms has been a true challenge that couldn’t have been achievable without the help and contribution of many. This presentation would be about its story, from the beginning(s) to its published version online, as well as everything that has been created around the project, and if time allows it, there can also be anecdotes about the expected and unexpected.
Date
Thursday, April 24th 2025
Venue
Royal Danish Academy / Stage Two
Words of Type, a Multilingual Encyclopedia for Typography
Speaker
Lisa Huang
Lisa Huang is a French and Chinese typeface designer specializing in Latin and Hanzi scripts currently based in Nantes, France.
Born in France with Chinese roots, she grew up with two cultures simultaneously in the cosmopolitan environment of Paris and found out the many differences and similarities between French and Chinese ways of life. As a designer today, her practice of typography and typeface design reflects her life experience while keeping a high consideration and comprehension of both writing systems to better connect them.
After graduating with a Master’s degree in Art Direction in Paris, she pursued a specialization in Type Design at Type@Cooper followed by a Master’s degree at TypeMedia in The Hague. Lisa has experience practicing as a freelance designer and in-house art director, working for clients of various sizes and industries, local and international. Eventually, she settled in as an independent designer, to dedicate more time and freedom to activities related to typography along with her design practice, such as workshops, lectures, teaching, and consulting in type design between Latin and Hanzi scripts, shared in English, French, and Chinese.
Since 2023, she is working on Words of Type, a multilingual encyclopedia of typographic terms.