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. […]
Are you an Editor of Color? Would you like to meet up with your fellow Editors of Color in a welcoming, intimate, online setting? Jesi Vega, recent president of the Northwest […]
When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San […]
In this Member Nerd Out, we’ll guide you through artists’ books and other unexpected and inspiring objects from the collection. This presentation will be followed by reflective breakout rooms for interactions […]
On December 22, 2013, Hollywood Park Racetrack closed its doors permanently. Comprising 500 photographs culled from more than 25,000 taken on location, Clubhouse Turn (2013-2016) is the final documentation of the historic […]
with author Katherine Turk in conversation with Professor Deirdre English Join author Katherine Turk in conversation with writer, editor, and professor Deirdre English on Turk’s new book, The Women of NOW: […]
Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which […]
Join this workshop hosted by Parchelle Tashi to explore the untapped potential of your book. We’ll delve into how you can create learning assets, such as digital workbooks, to amplify […]
with Romello Goodman Learn how to use HTML, CSS, and variable fonts to create animated type in this hands-on workshop. Every day designers use code to create experiences that are […]
Curator Maymanah Farhat will be in SFCB’s gallery to discuss the exhibition A Radical Alteration, discuss some of her favorite pieces on display, and answer questions about her research at the […]
An essential piece in California Studies, Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California offers the first critical engagement with the vision of California’s most ambitious interpreter. While Starr’s multifaceted and polymathic vision of […]
with Izzy Pludwinski Join us for a peek into a personal journey through the ancient scribal traditions and the world of modern calligraphy. The Hebrew aleph-bet (technically an abjad) is […]