Conference ATypI Amsterdam 2013
On digitizationErik van Blokland’s presentation about a small experiment on digitisation of letterforms. This is a presentation about a small experiment on digitization of letterforms. A single scanned image was shared with type students, colleagues, professionals and interested designers. The analysis of the data brings some interesting results. |
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Hanzi-GraphyMariko 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 |
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Typeface for Prague enamel street signsPresentation 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 |
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Inline vs outlineJo 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 |
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Lost and foundAdi Stern about the case of Hebrew typeface design during the 1950s. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. The form of the Hebrew letter was radically changed during the first decade of the Israeli state. During four years, between 1954-1958, five new Hebrew typefaces were released in Jerusalem. Three of them irreversibly changed the… Continue reading Lost and found |
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The (potential) future of responsive typographyIn this presentation Nick Sherman shares his views about the limitations of web typography. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. Some of the most fundamental and important elements of typography still can’t be addressed on the web of today. Even as the adoption of webfonts spreads, web typographers are stuck with low-level hacks and… Continue reading The (potential) future of responsive typography |
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The (digitized) calligraphy on HM Queen Beatrix’ Abdication Act 2013Frank Blokland’s lecture about the calligraphy on HM Queen Beatrix’ Abdication Act 2013. From the ATypI 2013 conference in Amsterdam. |
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Ala has a penVerena Gerlach outlines the results of the type design workshop »Ala has a pen / Ala ma pióro«, which took place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kotowice, Poland. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. NOTE This video is missing 2 minutes at the beginning. Between February and November 2012, the type design… Continue reading Ala has a pen |
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Designing with scienceIn this presentation, Matthew Carter and Kevin Larson discuss what letter recognition tests might uncover and how those results could be used in practice. From the ATypI 2013 conference in Amsterdam. Reading psychologists have shown that we recognize words by first recognizing individual letters, then using the letters to build up a word. This implies… Continue reading Designing with science |
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New TransportUpdating, expanding and refining the UK Transport alphabet dating back to 1957, by Henrik Kubel. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. I would like to talk about my collaboration with Margaret Calvert in regard to New Transport. I have since 2010 worked in close collaboration with Margaret on updating, expanding and refining this seminal… Continue reading New Transport |
Mariko Takagi 
Jo De Baerdemaeker