Workshop Archives

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah

Diwani Calligraphy: Between Artistic Sensibility and Structural Discipline

This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the distinctive visual language of Diwani calligraphy, a script known for its fluid movement, intricate connections, and expressive compositions. Through guided demonstrations and practical exercises, participants will explore the balance between artistic intuition and the structural principles that govern the script. The workshop will examine proportion, rhythm, stroke movement,… Continue reading Diwani Calligraphy: Between Artistic Sensibility and Structural Discipline

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah / AVA

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Local AI for Type Design with the Runebender Font Editor

AI for type design does not need to happen in the cloud. Small models run on a laptop, and a PC with a good GPU can do serious work. Local AI puts the user in full control of every part of the process and demystifies the technology involved. Anyone can train new models from scratch,… Continue reading Local AI for Type Design with the Runebender Font Editor

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah / AVA

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Between Prompt and Font: AI-Assisted Tool-Making for Type Designers

AI coding assistants can now write working Python in minutes – but for type designers, “working” and “correct” aren’t the same thing. This workshop is a hands-on taster in using AI as a collaborator for building your own tools, not a coding class: after a short orientation to the toolkit (RoboFont’s scripting console, a code… Continue reading Between Prompt and Font: AI-Assisted Tool-Making for Type Designers

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah / AVA

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Glyphs 4: Upgrade Like a Pro

Not made that upgrade yet? Join lead developer Georg Seifert in this advanced workshop about how to get the most out of Glyphs 4. And learn how to profit from the improvements in the upgrade when it comes to interpolation, smart components, and stroke-based editing. Bring your MacBook and receive a free extended trial license.

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah / AVA

Workshop

Counterpunch in Practice: Designing Variable Fonts in the Browser

Experience the new Counterpunch font editor through a hands-on introduction to browser-based font design. Participants will learn how to create and edit glyphs, build variable fonts, preview OpenType features with real-time HarfBuzz shaping, and explore efficient workflows for both Latin and complex-script type design. The workshop also introduces component editing, dynamic glyph filters, Python automation,… Continue reading Counterpunch in Practice: Designing Variable Fonts in the Browser

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2026

Venue University of the Arts Sharjah / AVA

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One Letter, Six Lives in Tifinagh

This practice-based workshop investigates the speculative potential of typographic form through systematic constraint manipulation. Participants engage in iterative transformation of a single Tifinagh character— zay, which signifies “free human” in Tamazight—across six discrete temporal exercises, each imposing specific material, conceptual, or contextual restrictions.The methodology employs timed constraint protocols (six 15-minute cycles) that prompt participants to… Continue reading One Letter, Six Lives in Tifinagh

Date Wednesday, May 27th 2026

Venue Stanford University / Roble

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Graffiti Concepts for Type People

Learn drawing techniques and understand letter structure from a graffiti writing context to enhance your type and lettering work. This workshop focuses on graffiti pieces and the rich subculture of graffiti writers—a tradition of letterforms that originated on New York City subways in the 1970s. Through drawing exercises, history lessons, and demonstrations, participants will learn… Continue reading Graffiti Concepts for Type People

Date Wednesday, May 27th 2026

Venue Stanford University / Start Screen

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Typecrafting: Creating Type from South Asian Crafts

Launched in 2011, The Typecraft Initiative, develops a range of display typefaces based on the rich crafts and indigenous arts of South Asia and beyond. The aim of the workshop is to look at non-Western sources of inspiration for lettering, typography, and type design beyond Modernism and the Bauhaus. Participants will learn how to decode… Continue reading Typecrafting: Creating Type from South Asian Crafts

Date Wednesday, May 27th 2026

Venue Stanford University / Split Screen

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Typofix Workshop

Participants will gain practical insight into how typographic conventions differ across languages and learn how to confidently handle different types of typesetting themselves – from single-language texts to complex multilingual publications. Typofix is a tool for detecting and correcting typographic errors in texts in up to 24 languages. It helps unify typographic rules throughout the… Continue reading Typofix Workshop

Date Wednesday, May 27th 2026

Venue Stanford University / Silver Screen

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Football is Type! Designing Football Kit Typography

Football kits are some of the most-seen typography on earth. Worn by athletes, printed on millions of shirts, broadcast to billions of screens — the letters and numbers on a jersey carry the weight of national identity, collective pride, and cultural passion. Yet kit typography is rarely treated as serious typographic practice. This workshop changes… Continue reading Football is Type! Designing Football Kit Typography