TypeCon Snippets

Grace Spee has an undying love for video games as a narrative vehicle, artistic medium, and social experience. Catch her talk “Character Creator: Investigating the Evolution of Typography in Video Games” at TypeCon2023: Portland next month! Register for early bird tickets today! https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon

You definitely do not want to miss Kyle’s talk, “Life is a drag” at TypeCon2023: Portland! Kyle Letendre will take their decade of experience in the letter arts to frame drag as the perfect community-focused, anti-capitalist tool for navigating the world. After all, a transcendent drag number and a striking piece of design share much in common: a respect for tradition tempered with the need to poke fun; the delight of a well-timed reveal or surprise; and the license to pour glitter on our blemishes and relish in taboo. Get your early registration today! https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration @heykyle #typecon #typecon2023 #speaker #conference Photo by TypeCon

Don’t miss Andrea Leksen’s talk “A Digital Revival: The Monotype Index of Typefaces” at TypeCon2023: Portland! She’ll discuss the history of the manuscript and the challenges encountered during the creation of a handwritten font. @leksendesign #typecon #speaker #conference Register today! https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon

Why might fluency in the design of a given script be important, and how can immersion help? Chris Skillern takes us on an journey of “Immersion: Reflections on Fluency From a Cherokee Type Designer’’ at #TypeCon2023: Portland. @tulseytype #typecon #speaker #conference Photo by TypeCon

Pedro Neves presents “LEGOType : modular letterform making with Lego bricks” at TypeCon2023: Portland #EdForum. Come see the collected research developed at the UIC School of Design through a series of exercises where students were tasked with creating modular letterforms using Lego bricks, and then using the letterpress to print their designs. @pm.neves #typecon2023 #conference #speaker Register today. https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon

Let Kourosh Beigpour be your guide to ‘Farsi Type in Los Angeles’ this August at TypeCon2023: Portland! @kourosh_beigpour #typecon2023 #speaker # typecon #conference Photo by TypeCon

“What makes a good Emoji?” 😜 💯 🙌 Kamile Demir, Computer Scientist at Adobe Fonts & Type, will give an overview of the design and technical details of how emoji fonts work, how emoji are encoded in the Unicode standard, and tips for writing a good emoji proposal! Register today and don‘t miss their talk! https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration #typecon2023 #typecon #speaker #conference Photo by TypeCon

Lucas Czarnecki does a bit of everything, so long as it has to do with type. After teaching the first-ever course on Typography and Graphic Design at the University of Virginia, Lucas began a two-year letterpress printing apprenticeship at the Virginia Center of the Book. He then founded the Charlottesville Design Week—Virginia’s first design festival—and Type365—a typography blog. He now works at Type Network, publishing stories and videos about type designers and the things they make. Catch his talk at TypeCon2023: Portland and register today! https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon

Register for TypeCon2023: Portland and catch Zenab Bastawala‘s talk “The Graveyard Shift of Leftover Colonial Letterforms!” @zenbast @sign_walker #typecon2023 #speaker #conference Photo by TypeCon

After moving to New York and attending the Type@Cooper program Fred Shallcrass started working for Frere-Jones Type. In addition to designing type, Fred leads workshops at Cooper Union and is an adjunct professor at Parsons, where he teaches typeface design. Don't miss out on the chance to hear Fred speak about creating Intel One Mono at TypeCon2023: Portland! Register today to save your seat. @fredshallcrass #typecon #speaker https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon

Farah Kamel Abdel Hadi, graphic designer, Arabic typographer, and design educator is currently a Ph.D. researcher in visual communication and typography at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Their research is focused on the archives of the modern history of Arabic Type design in the twentieth-century and the reforming projects of the Arabic script. Register to today and watch Farah‘s talk on “Modern History of Arabic Type in the Twentieth Century: The Reforming Projects of The Arabic script” at TypeCon2023: Portland in August. https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration @farahohadi #typecon2023 #typecon #typography #conference #speaker Photo by TypeCon

Register today and catch Kel‘s talk “Noneg, a 1990s regional style of graffiti that can help type designers think about letters in new ways” at TypeCon2023: Portland. Through photographs, diagrams, and sketches, Kel Troughton will break down this particular style of graffiti piecing, and translate the useful drawing concepts for type design. @keltroughton @overlaptype #typecon2023 #typography #conference #speaker #typecon Photo by TypeCon

Raven Mo analyzes the Chop Suey font — an iconic design cliche that is a unique product of America’s relationship with China, its people and its cuisine. They will unpack the history, deconstruct the design, and discuss the luxury of authentic cultural expression when fighting for basic human rights. @ravenmodesign #typecon #speaker Register today and watch Raven discuss “How Chop Suey font became the face of Chinese food in America” at Typecon2023: Portland this August! #typecon2023 #typography #conference Photo by TypeCon

“In the current world of digital type, we have learned to conceive of typefaces in new ways. Shouldn’t we also rethink type classification?”– Kamal Mansour #typecon #speaker Register today and watch Kamal discuss “A New Perspective on Type Classification” at Typecon2023: Portland this August! #typecon2023 #typography #conference Photo by TypeCon

“The Korean writing system is very different than the English, and this story includes instances where aspects of the Korean system changed to better align with this English-language communication tool” – Alice J Lee #typecon #speaker Register for TypeCon2023: Portland today and catch Alice’s talk, “QWERTY, History of the Korean Typewriter, and Cultural Inclusivity in Technology.” #typecon2023 #typography #conference Photo by TypeCon

“With typeface design evolving culturally and becoming more inward-looking, there is a lot of talk about who gets to make type now. But what about the questions about where we get our typefaces from?” – @agyei.design #typecon #speaker Register for TypeCon2023: Portland and catch Agyei Archer‘s talk ”Who‘s Font is it Anyway” this August. Link in our bio. #typecon2023 #typography #conference Photo by TypeCon

Anagha was the named winner of the 2020 Catalyst Award and we will finally get to meet her at TypeCon2023: Portland. @anaghanarayanan #typecon #typecon2023 #speaker #conference #typography https://www.typecon.com/typecon-registration Photo by TypeCon