Crafting Type

Crafting Type intro type design workshops are back! Dublin, Ireland, Nov 17–19. Last time was 2013! craftingtype.com Part of Design Week Ireland 2022. First 10 registrants save $100, also 15% off until Oct 31.

Early bird 15% discount extended to Feb 28 for Crafting Type Melbourne, March 24–26! Learn how to make fonts in three intense, fun days with @ThomasPhinney and @WayneATF, makers of fonts for ABC, Adobe, Google, etc. Learn more & register now at craftingtype.com

Crafting Type intro type design workshop coming to Australia for first time! Learn how to make fonts in Melbourne, Mar 24–26, w/Thomas Phinney (@ThomasPhinney) and Wayne Thompson (Australian Type Foundry: atf.com.au). 20% off until Feb 26! craftingtype.com

Thomas & @SignalType Max Phillips teaching Crafting Type Dublin workshop in just two weeks! Last day for early bird discount!

Spread the word! I’m teaching type (font) design for beginners in Dublin with Crafting Type and @SignalType, Nov 17–19. 15% off early bird discount until Oct 31st! craftingtype.com

I love these early drawings by Adrian Frutiger

Come draw with me at my next lettering workshop on 10/29: eventbrite.com/e/dynamic-lett…

Our Dublin craftingtype.com intro type design workshops Nov 17–19 are hosted by @TUDublin_SoM and School of Art & Design @WeAreTUDublin, with big-time help from @typographyIRL. Organizer/instructor @ThomasPhinney and guest instructor Max Phillips @SignalType

The macOS Mojave and iOS 12 betas add support for SVG content in OpenType files - please try it out and let us know how it works for you! docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typograp…

@FredSmeijers Good luck with the new foundry!

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If you're age 25 or younger, and your work is focused on typography, lettering, or similar interests, you can apply for the SOTA Catalyst Award! Get free admission to TypeCon2018, and travel reimbursement. Hurry, submissions are due April 16th! twitter.com/typesociety/st…

Listen up, everyone: Gerard Unger has written a new book, and you will want to read it. Pre-order it here: nai010.com/en/publicaties…

Our new Variable Fonts demo takes you on an expedition to learn how to build expressive typographic experiences with a single font file. Check it out in Microsoft Edge (preview builds 17120 or higher), or any browser that supports Variable Fonts! developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…

Living in Australia is awesome but one of the toughest moments during the year is when the “type conference season” starts. It is still not too late to schedule a trip overseas and make it coincide with your favourite Type Conference. Happy Type Touring! alphabettes.org/type-touring-2…

@maxbrunelle Planning for early September, formal announcement later this month I expect.

@signs_of_power Not as yet. Let us know if you have a school or the like that might want to host. :)

Great to see so many folks interested in Fonts In Use! Here is a link to the original page, authored by @NickSherman, with help from @PeiranTan: fontsinuse.com/uses/11193/huy… twitter.com/jamescullen123…

@robinsloan @OpenAI @robinrendle @mwichary Relevant to your interests: made this many moons ago as a part of a conference talk

A new research project, ‘Women in type’, led by Professor Fiona Ross, is featured in the January 2018 newsletter of the @LeverhulmeTrust (see p. 11). leverhulme.ac.uk/sites/default/…