Week of Events
Introduction to Modern Type Design Online Workshop
Learn to think systematically about type and make your own font in 10 weeks! (In the San Francisco area? See the in-person version of this workshop.) During this 10-week online workshop (Thursdays from June 13 through August 22. No class on July 4), you'll learn what it takes to create your own original typefaces and gain an […]
The Past Inside the Future: Commercial Classics at Five
The Past Inside the Future: Commercial Classics at Five
Around the turn of the 19th century, a revolution left the world of typography utterly different from what it had been. The explosion of new type styles during this period—including the modern face, the fat face, the slab serif, and the sans serif—reflected new technologies and ways of thinking that set the stage for modern […]
Member Nerd Out: Concrete Poetry and Asemic Writing
Member Nerd Out: Concrete Poetry and Asemic Writing
In this Member Nerd Out, we’ll guide you through our favorite examples of concrete poetry and asemic writing in the Letterform Archive collection. This presentation will be followed by an opportunity to show some objects from your own home with fellow letterform Nerds across the globe.