with 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 fonts, typography and iconography are becoming enriched! Join us for a talk with Wenting Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Typogram, who will share new ways to […]

Welcome 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 from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with artist celeste hernández. celeste is a trans, non-binary Mexican artist who lives and works in Tijuana, Baja […]

with 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 designers pursued a radical new vision for their profession. Engaging modernist and avant-garde trends from abroad, refashioning local graphic and calligraphic forms, and using the […]

Typesetting 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. Daredevil typesetting becomes even more challenging as type is formed in circles, curves, waves, and complex illustrations such as landscapes or buildings. Jessica will give […]