Speaker Wayne Thompson
After beginning his career as an advertising art director, Wayne Thompson launched his type foundry in 2001. He works full time as a type designer, typographer, and type educator in Australia, producing custom type projects for corporate and advertising clients. He recently gained his Masters of Type Design from the University of Reading, UK. Thompson is looking forward to returning to live gigs with his band Nerds and Music. He supports Arsenal and, occasionally, Spurs (except when they play Arsenal), but never Chelsea.
How To Design Your Country’s National Font
How do you design your country’s national font? That’s what Wayne Thompson was asked to do by Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, whose charter mandates the delivery of content which contributes to the national identity. They asked for a type family which unifies their digital presence across multiple platforms, is best-in-class for legibility and accessibility,… Continue reading How To Design Your Country’s National Font
Wood Type is Good Type: Experimentations in Chromatic Woodtype
During his Masters of Type Design studies at the University of Reading, Wayne Thompson created a chromatic wood type font in three colors as a way of understanding why, historically, chromatics were rarely used and little understood. This session will focus on the process of the font’s creation and discuss—through a comparison of digital and… Continue reading Wood Type is Good Type: Experimentations in Chromatic Woodtype