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Letterstorm—early morning

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 09:00-11:00 GMT+22-hour early morning session “Letterstorm” is a playful and creative workshop/game to create unexpected ideas and letterforms. It’s a time for fun, a time to share and connect with people—a workshop which is accessible for everyone… Continue reading Letterstorm—early morning

Same but not Similar—afternoon

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 15:00-18:00 GMT+23-hour half-day afternoon session The Square Kufic is one of the types of Kufic script styles. It is based on geometric forms where the positive and negative spaces have the same width/proportions.  Participants will design posters… Continue reading Same but not Similar—afternoon

Proofing and Debugging Brahmic Script Fonts With Hibizcus—afternoon

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 15:00-17:00 GMT+22-hour afternoon session Hibizcus is a suite of free and open-source font proofing and debugging tools, primarily for South Asian and South East Asian languages, but also helpful for proofing of diacritics in Latin, Greek, Arabic… Continue reading Proofing and Debugging Brahmic Script Fonts With Hibizcus—afternoon

Arcade Game Type Design—afternoon—SOLD OUT

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 15:00-18:00 GMT+23-hour half-day afternoon session Arcade games from the 1970s to the 2000s are a treasure trove of amazing pixelated fonts. They were mostly Latin and Japanese monospaced fonts designed in an 8×8 pixel grid. Being designed… Continue reading Arcade Game Type Design—afternoon—SOLD OUT

Let’s Make a Variable COLRv1 Font!—late morning—SOLD OUT

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 11:30-13:00 GMT+21.5-hour late morning session During this workshop you will learn how to make a variable color font with variable gradients. We will prepare the designs in Glyphs and then export them using the command line in… Continue reading Let’s Make a Variable COLRv1 Font!—late morning—SOLD OUT

Intro to Copperplate Calligraphy With Maria Montes—late morning

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 11:30-13:30 GMT+22-hour late morning session In this two-hour hands-on workshop for beginners, you’ll learn the foundations of Copperplate calligraphy using a flexile pointed pen and walnut ink. The workshop will be focused on the lowercase alphabet. Workshop… Continue reading Intro to Copperplate Calligraphy With Maria Montes—late morning

Sensory Type—full day

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 09:00-17:00 GMT+2Full-day session Type is modular. When broken down, it is a series of shapes and forms. The Sensory Type workshop allows participants to explore type not only visually, but also embodied through movement and sound. We… Continue reading Sensory Type—full day

Hangul Lettering Workshop With Multilingual Font-matching—morning—SOLD OUT

Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre and Marie Curie, 4 Pl. Jussieu. Check in 15 minutes before session start time. 09:00-12:00 GMT+23-hour morning half-day session Providing the basic contents of Hangul design, we will explain how to design Hangul and match multiple scripts. Designers are given Latin, Japanese, and Chinese fonts without showing the Korean version, and… Continue reading Hangul Lettering Workshop With Multilingual Font-matching—morning—SOLD OUT