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Date Wednesday, October 28th 2020

Renaissance Type Systematization and Digital Frameworks

As part of the Plantin Institute of Typography’s expert class type design course under the roof of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, a group of international students examined models by French Renaissance punchcutter Robert Granjon as the basis for a digital revival. The research questioned whether there is cross-standardization between the roman and italic models of Granjon.… Continue reading Renaissance Type Systematization and Digital Frameworks

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2020

Tipo.g. Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona

Tipo.g is a new Typography School based in Barcelona, Spain. It is a meeting point where typography and graphic design converge. A space in which to learn, experiment and discuss type and typographic design among the different environments of contemporary communication. Typography has become a fundamental discipline for graphic designers and Tipo.g addresses this need… Continue reading Tipo.g. Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona

Date Tuesday, October 27th 2020

Power of Ink: Gujarati Calligraphy

Gujarati is one of the most spoken regional languages of India. This language has its origin from old Indian languages such as Brahmi and Prakrit, and the script of the language is derived from Devanagari script. Its roots can also be found in the Jain manuscripts. Essentially, it was a script to keep the account,… Continue reading Power of Ink: Gujarati Calligraphy

Date Tuesday, October 27th 2020

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

Date Tuesday, October 27th 2020

Ranjana Script Calligraphy

Ranjana script is one of the most beautiful calligraphy scripts in the world. It is also known as Lantsa. It is not only the script of the indigenous group Newars, but duly important to all Nepalese as well. Ranjana script was used to write Sanskrit, Nepalbhasa, Maithili, and various Nepali languages. Ranjana must be written… Continue reading Ranjana Script Calligraphy

Date Tuesday, October 27th 2020

Go Figure! The Structure of Indo-Arabic Numerals with Brush Calligraphy

Indo-Arabic numerals are not usually studied as thoroughly as the letters of many scripts, despite being used on all continents and being truly multicultural. During this workshop, we will cover some basic aspects of calligraphy with brushes and square and pointed pens. We will study the origin of the numerals and why they seem to… Continue reading Go Figure! The Structure of Indo-Arabic Numerals with Brush Calligraphy

Date Monday, May 3rd 2021

Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education

Floral typography is a design trend that combines typography, calligraphy, and lettering with floral elements. It reinterprets floral typography using computation and is a part of the ongoing project TYPE + CODE Series, which was initiated by Yeohyun Ahn in 2005. This presentation showcases a generative typographic system designed to explore computational floral typography. It can… Continue reading Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education

Lettering & Calligraphy

Ala has a pen

Verena Gerlach outlines the results of the type design workshop »Ala has a pen / Ala ma pióro«, which took place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kotowice, Poland. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. NOTE This video is missing 2 minutes at the beginning. Between February and November 2012, the type design… Continue reading Ala has a pen

Technology

Speed punk

Yanone introduces his software ‘Speed Punk’, a learning tool made to better understand the nature of Bézier curves. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. Speed Punk is an add-on tool for modern type design applications such Glyphs.app and RoboFont that illustrates the curvature on top of the Bézier outlines — while designing. It has proven… Continue reading Speed punk