Perfect Pitch
Mill Valley Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, United StatesThursday Feb 8, 6 – 7:30 pm Session A: Create Your Elevator Pitch Thurs, Feb 15, 6 – 7:30 pm Session B: Now, Practice It! Co-hosted by CWC Marin and […]
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The Life, Motto, and Library of William Walker (1570-1642), Vicar of Chiswick
The Book Club of California 312 Sutter Street Ste 500, San Francisco, CA, United StatesApproximately twenty-five printed books and ten manuscripts have been located from before 1640 which bear the florid inscription: “Will and Walke aright. Will: Walker,” usually appearing on the title-page of […]
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Music Engraving in the Digital Age
Zoom CA, United StatesOur first Letterform Lecture of 2024 explores the challenges facing music notation software today. Once the province of specialists who had undergone a long training, the widespread availability of […]
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Disappearing Art—the History and Craftsmanship of the Vanishing Fore-edge
Zoom CA, United StatesImmerse yourself in the magic of the vanishing fore-edge, where paintings fade into gold. Join acclaimed artist Martin Frost in a virtual webinar discussing the history of the vanishing fore-edge. […]
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EFA Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area chapter event: How to Win at the Pricing Game When You’re a Freelance Editor
Zoom CA, United StatesMany freelance editors struggle when deciding how much to charge and what pricing method to use. What if a potential client thinks your prices are too high? What if you […]
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Celebrating the Hero in You
Zoom CA, United StatesUnable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay! February is a month in which we celebrate African-American men and women heroes. In addition, this year let’s celebrate ourselves, for the […]
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How To Do Faster and More Targeted Research
Zoom CA, United StatesWhich poison should I use? How can I write about forensic pathology if I’m not Patricia Cornwell? Even more difficult: How to build suspense? Where to insert red herrings? Writing […]
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Live at the Archive: Glorious Data Graphics
Zoom CA, United StatesJoin us for an evening of insights and delights from the world of information graphics with data storyteller RJ Andrews. During this hybrid (IN-PERSON and ONLINE) event, we will […]
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Make Icons Editable, Animated, and Colorful with Font Technologies
Zoom CA, United Stateswith Wenting Zhang Discover new ways to make icons customizable, animate-able, colorful, and recolor-able by utilizing variable font and color font technology. With the latest developments in variable and color […]
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From the Bench of celeste hernández
Zoom CA, United StatesWelcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about […]
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Salon Series 47: The Complete Commercial Artist: Making Modern Design in Japan, 1928–1930
Zoom CA, United Stateswith Gennifer Weisenfeld Join us for a conversation with the author of our latest book, an exploration of modernist commercial design in Japan. Toward the end of the 1920s, Japanese […]
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Compose Yourself: An exploration of historic and contemporary daredevil typesetting
San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTypesetting for letterpress printing presents multiple challenges: aligning each letter, ensuring ideal word and letter spacing, kerning if necessary, then locking it all up… even defying gravity in a chase. […]