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Date Wednesday, May 10th 2023
Workshop

Intro to Variable Fonts Using Glyphs—full day

César Puertas César Puertas
Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time.

09:00-17:00 GMT+2
Full-day session

Variable fonts are here but not many people know how to make them. In this workshop we will start making a variable font using Glyphs, so you can take advantage of this technology.

Workshop participants are kindly asked to bring the following items:

  • Their own sketches
  • Laptop with software installed: Glyphs trial or full version (software available here: https://glyphsapp.com/) and Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Indesign

Workshop duration: 6 hours

Total number of spots available: 20

09:00-17:00 GMT+2
Full-day session

César Puertas
Speaker

César Puertas

César Puertas is a graphic designer holding degrees from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1999) and a Master of Design in Type and Media from the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague (2009). He has been an organizer and judge of the Latin American typography biennials Letras Latinas in 2006 and Tipos Latinos in 2008 and 2010. Puertas is currently an associate professor and lecturer of type design and calligraphy at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a type designer at his design studio, Typograma. His work has been honored by the Type Directors Club, Tipos Latinos, the Ibero-American Design Biennial in Madrid and Proyecto Diseño. Puertas’ typefaces are distributed by Adobe, Bold Monday, MyFonts, and Monotype.

Instagram @c.puertas

Twitter @cesarpuertas