Reports of a Selection of ATypI Country Delegates
A sampling of typographic events and progress from different parts of the world. Feature: Sweden, Sri Lanka, China, Portugal, and Slovenia.
Speaker Pedro Amado
Pedro Amado is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, lecturing on creative coding, web design, typography, and type design. Amado is an integrated member of the direction of the i2ADS research institute, a founding member of the ATIPO typography association, and country delegate for ATypI. Passionate about digital tinkering, an amateur letterpress printer, and a digital photographer, Amado focuses his research and development activities on computational and post-digital typography and editorial design, as well as human-computer interaction.
SLOType Workshop: Kickstarting Typeface Design Sketching
The objective of this workshop is to introduce participants to a method for developing a series of fast and creative-challenging sketches for new type designs. Through the use of a 1” balsa broad-nib writing tool and India ink, participants are introduced to Noordzij’s stroke theory through the experience of the translation and rotation dimensions in… Continue reading SLOType Workshop: Kickstarting Typeface Design Sketching