ATypI Tech Talks 2021 Archives - Page 3 of 3

16:00–17:00

Precise Text Alignment in CSS

Elika J. Etemad (fantasai) from the W3C CSS Working Group and Ethan Wang from Microsoft Design will present on upcoming CSS Inline Layout features that, with the support of OpenType font metrics, can support precise alignment of text on web pages.

#CSS Working Group #Font Technology

English

15:00–16:00

The Making of Shantell Sans, a Custom Typeface for Visual Artist Shantell Martin

Shantell Martin Stephen Nixon

“Shantell Martin is a visual artist and muralist with a signature black and white style of drawing, weaving abstract linework with faces, figures, and letters. In 2020, Martin commissioned Arrow Type, an independent foundry helmed by Stephen Nixon, to create a custom font based on her handwriting. This typeface was designed with the stylistic core… Continue reading The Making of Shantell Sans, a Custom Typeface for Visual Artist Shantell Martin

#Type Design

English

13:00–02:00

Parametric Type Classification in the Context of Letter Fitting

Nathan Willis

Thomas Phinney

“The topic of classification emerges in a variety of type design contexts. Historians tracing the evolution of typefaces or of individual letterforms, educators framing stylistic questions for designers, and vendors superimposing structures on vast type libraries are all classifying type, but they are performing distinct tasks. In his own research, which explores algorithmic letter fitting… Continue reading Parametric Type Classification in the Context of Letter Fitting

#Font Technology

English

09:00–10:00

Landing the Whale: Rethinking the Book for the Digital Age

Jason Pamental

For centuries, designers, typographers, typesetters, and calligraphers have refined the craft of creating great books. From typeface design and selection to typesetting finesse, paper selection, and binding, every detail has been examined, refined, and perfected. But more recently, over the span of a few short years, digital book production has largely ignored centuries of good… Continue reading Landing the Whale: Rethinking the Book for the Digital Age

#Font Technology

English

14:00–15:00

Make Your Variable Fonts Better

Adam Twardoch

In this presentation, Adam Twardoch will demonstrate how to use FontLab 7 and several other applications to check variable font projects. All popular font editors now have some mechanisms for designing variable fonts and exporting them as variable OpenType fonts and static instances. Type developers may use FontLab or any other font editor for their… Continue reading Make Your Variable Fonts Better

#Type Design #Variable fonts

English

12:00–13:00

A Typographic Commons: UFO and roboTools

Ben Kiel

The working files for a typeface project are the most crucial asset a designer has—these notes, sketches, trials, overlaps, and extra glyphs, etc., make it possible to pick up a project and quickly extend or modify a design years after its initial release. Roughly seventeen years ago, the Unified Font Object (UFO) format and associated… Continue reading A Typographic Commons: UFO and roboTools

#Font Technology

11:00–13:00

Calibrating Type

Working on truly advanced and inclusive typography could not begin until variation technology was implemented five years ago. With the introduction of variable fonts, significant gains were made, from compression and animation to smoother weight, width, and optical size transitions. Many interesting font products have been introduced since the launch of variable fonts, but few… Continue reading Calibrating Type

#Panel #Parametric fonts #Q & A #Variable fonts

10:00–11:00

Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education

Yeohyun Ahn

Floral typography is a design trend that combines typography, calligraphy, and lettering with floral elements. It reinterprets floral typography using computation and is a part of the ongoing project TYPE + CODE Series, which was initiated by Yeohyun Ahn in 2005. This presentation showcases a generative typographic system designed to explore computational floral typography. It can… Continue reading Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education

#Education #Font Technology #Generative Typography

English

16:00–17:00	Precise Text Alignment in CSS Elika J. Etemad Ethan Wang Elika J. Etemad (fantasai) from the W3C CSS Working Group and Ethan Wang from Microsoft Design will present on upcoming CSS Inline Layout features that, with the support of OpenType font metrics, can support precise alignment of text on web pages.	#CSS Working Group #Font Technology English
15:00–16:00	The Making of Shantell Sans, a Custom Typeface for Visual Artist Shantell Martin Shantell Martin Stephen Nixon “Shantell Martin is a visual artist and muralist with a signature black and white style of drawing, weaving abstract linework with faces, figures, and letters. In 2020, Martin commissioned Arrow Type, an independent foundry helmed by Stephen Nixon, to create a custom font based on her handwriting. This typeface was designed with the stylistic core… Continue reading The Making of Shantell Sans, a Custom Typeface for Visual Artist Shantell Martin	#Type Design English
13:00–02:00	Parametric Type Classification in the Context of Letter Fitting Nathan Willis Thomas Phinney “The topic of classification emerges in a variety of type design contexts. Historians tracing the evolution of typefaces or of individual letterforms, educators framing stylistic questions for designers, and vendors superimposing structures on vast type libraries are all classifying type, but they are performing distinct tasks. In his own research, which explores algorithmic letter fitting… Continue reading Parametric Type Classification in the Context of Letter Fitting	#Font Technology English
09:00–10:00	Landing the Whale: Rethinking the Book for the Digital Age Jason Pamental For centuries, designers, typographers, typesetters, and calligraphers have refined the craft of creating great books. From typeface design and selection to typesetting finesse, paper selection, and binding, every detail has been examined, refined, and perfected. But more recently, over the span of a few short years, digital book production has largely ignored centuries of good… Continue reading Landing the Whale: Rethinking the Book for the Digital Age	#Font Technology English
14:00–15:00	Make Your Variable Fonts Better Adam Twardoch In this presentation, Adam Twardoch will demonstrate how to use FontLab 7 and several other applications to check variable font projects. All popular font editors now have some mechanisms for designing variable fonts and exporting them as variable OpenType fonts and static instances. Type developers may use FontLab or any other font editor for their… Continue reading Make Your Variable Fonts Better	#Type Design #Variable fonts English
12:00–13:00	A Typographic Commons: UFO and roboTools Ben Kiel The working files for a typeface project are the most crucial asset a designer has—these notes, sketches, trials, overlaps, and extra glyphs, etc., make it possible to pick up a project and quickly extend or modify a design years after its initial release. Roughly seventeen years ago, the Unified Font Object (UFO) format and associated… Continue reading A Typographic Commons: UFO and roboTools	#Font Technology
11:00–13:00	Calibrating Type Dave Crossland David Berlow Lasse Fister Santiago Orozco Working on truly advanced and inclusive typography could not begin until variation technology was implemented five years ago. With the introduction of variable fonts, significant gains were made, from compression and animation to smoother weight, width, and optical size transitions. Many interesting font products have been introduced since the launch of variable fonts, but few… Continue reading Calibrating Type	#Panel #Parametric fonts #Q & A #Variable fonts
10:00–11:00	Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education Yeohyun Ahn Floral typography is a design trend that combines typography, calligraphy, and lettering with floral elements. It reinterprets floral typography using computation and is a part of the ongoing project TYPE + CODE Series, which was initiated by Yeohyun Ahn in 2005. This presentation showcases a generative typographic system designed to explore computational floral typography. It can… Continue reading Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education	#Education #Font Technology #Generative Typography English