Erik van Blokland’s presentation about a small experiment on digitisation of letterforms. This is a presentation about a small experiment on digitization of letterforms. A single scanned image was shared with type students, colleagues, professionals and interested designers. The analysis of the data brings some interesting results.
Mariko Takagi talks about a research project started in 2011 to bridge the two “contrary” writing systems by typographic means. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. As soon as we visualise language in a written form we make use of typographic methods, wittingly or unwittingly. It starts by selecting a typeface, setting the font… Continue reading Hanzi-Graphy
Presented by Peter Bilak to the ATypI Letter.2 conference in Buenos Aires on 4 October 2011 One of the most common questions that type designers face is whether there aren’t enough typefaces already. In this talk, I’ll talk about growing inspirations in type design, as I firmly believe that there are more reasons to make… Continue reading Expanding possibilities of typography
Updating, expanding and refining the UK Transport alphabet dating back to 1957, by Henrik Kubel. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam. I would like to talk about my collaboration with Margaret Calvert in regard to New Transport. I have since 2010 worked in close collaboration with Margaret on updating, expanding and refining this seminal… Continue reading New Transport