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Mariko Takagi talks about a research project started in 2011 to bridge the two “contrary” writing systems by typographic means. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. As soon as we visualise language in a written form we make use of typographic methods, wittingly or unwittingly. It starts by selecting a typeface, setting the font… Continue reading Hanzi-Graphy
Claus Eggers Sørensen delineates the emerging tropes of screen-based design, and how they differ from print design. A grand transition is taking place in publishing. The electronic distribution to – and the media consumption on – tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and desktop computers are replacing traditional printed matters. This fledgling screen-based publishing could be characterised as… Continue reading Post-paper
In this presentation, Jo De Baerdemaeker & Rainer Scheichelbauer explain the way traditional Mongolian and Balinese scripts work and which technical challenges they pose. The presentation explains the way traditional Mongolian and Balinese scripts work and which technical challenges they pose. It goes on to show the status quo of digital Mongolian and Balinese, from… Continue reading Making Mongolian & Balinese work in digital type
Presented by Peter Bilak to the ATypI Letter.2 conference in Buenos Aires on 4 October 2011 One of the most common questions that type designers face is whether there aren’t enough typefaces already. In this talk, I’ll talk about growing inspirations in type design, as I firmly believe that there are more reasons to make… Continue reading Expanding possibilities of typography
“From Desktop to Digital, and Digital to Analog” An interview by Gloria Kondrup. ATypI Warsaw 2016. “From Desktop to Digital, and Digital to Analog” is an interview of Erik Spiekermann by accomplished letterpress printer Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director of the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography [HMCT]. After an extensive career as graphic designer, typeface designer,… Continue reading In conversation with Erik Spiekermann
The building of the world’s first open source Pan-CJK Typeface family. Presented by Caleb Belohlavek and Stuart Gill at ATypI Barcelona 2014
There seems to be enough evidence that there is a relation between different typefaces and legibility. It would be of huge interest to understand the underlying factors. Reading has been thoroughly studied in terms of how language is processed in the brain but reading scientists care mainly about what happens cognitively. When people see fonts… Continue reading Rhythm and Legibility
From the Renaissance up to the present day medieval letterforms, Romanesque and Gothic, have inspired type designers – much more than we think. An overview of revivals and type designs inspired by medieval letterforms, from 1400 to 2014. Presentation given by Gerard Unger to ATypI Barcelona 2014
Presentation by Filip Blažek to ATypI in Amsterdam on 12 October 2013 Until very recently, the typefaces used on enamel street signs were drawn by hand. Unfortunately the producers introduced computers to the process which resulted in brutal degradation of the typographic quality of street signs. Two years ago, I was invited to organize a… Continue reading Typeface for Prague enamel street signs
Jo de Baerdemaeker investigates the roots of manufacturing inline typefaces and illustrates the reasoning of their development through the typographic analysis of ornamented types. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. Inline vs outline’ investigates the roots of manufacturing inline typefaces and illustrates the reasoning of their development through the typographic analysis of ornamented types.… Continue reading Inline vs outline