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Letterform Archive | Series 31: Using Arabic Letterforms in Contemporary Book Art

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Hosted/Organized by: Letterform Archive Salon Thu, Apr 14, 2022 12:00pm–1:30pm PT We will be exploring examples of contemporary book art that utilizes different Arabic letterforms and their relationship to historical calligraphy and layout in old manuscripts. Islam Aly will discuss his own works and related content from Letterform Archive's collection. https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/series-31-using-arabic-letterforms-in-contemporary-book-art

Letterform Archive | Salon Series 32: 36 Days of Type, Paper Sculpture Edition with Zai Divecha

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Hosted/Organized by: Letterform Archive In 2019, San Francisco artist Zai Divecha created 36 paper sculpture letters and numbers for the annual 36 Days of Type challenge. This fast-paced design competition was the artist’s first foray into letterforms and typography. The resulting sculpture installation, Quiet Type, was selected as one of six winners by Adobe, the […]

Letterform Archive | Salon Series 33: Adobe Hidden Treasures Revisited

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

In 2018, Céline Hurka and Hidetaka Yamasaki worked on interpreting historical Bauhaus alphabets as digital fonts, in the context of the “Adobe Hidden Treasures” project. Céline worked on a design called Alfarn, which is based on a hand-lettered poster by Alfred Arndt from 1923. Hide digitized a design based on a lettering sketch by Carl […]

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Letterform Archive | Strikethrough! Typographic Messages of Protest

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Opening Reception for  Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, a collection of over one hundred objects that chart a typographic chant of resistance across more than a century of protest movements. The exhibition showcases typographic anger and agency as seen in the streets, on the printed page, and even on the bodies of demonstrators. This collaboration […]

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21st-Century Letterpress with Dafi Kühne

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Explore Dafi Kühne's dynamic typographic letterpress posters during this special in-person event at Letterform Archive. The letterpress posters of Dafi Kühne are vivid, loud, and definitely atypical of letterpress style. Why would a designer choose to use analog technology to produce posters in the 21st century if not to get that classic look? Join to […]

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Introduction to Modern Type Design with Kel Troughton

Zoom CA, United States

During this 10-week online workshop, which meets Tuesday evenings from January 29-April 4, participants will create their own original typefaces as they gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital type. The primary goal of this workshop is to show participants how to systematically think about type and successfully structure […]

$900

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Salon Series 36: New Ideas in Visual Language with Vivian Sming

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Our Curatorial Fellow, Vivian Sming, will present highlights from her new acquisitions for the Archive that are in dialogue with our existing collection. We’ll see unusual letterforms created by bookworms, modular typography, unique and collaborative reading experiences, and books by contemporary artists using language in their work. This event will be held on-site at Letterform […]

Pop-up Exhibition: New Ideas in Visual Language with Vivian Sming

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

New Ideas in Visual Language features new Letterform Archive acquisitions from Curatorial Fellow Vivian Sming. This pop-up exhibition presents books and prints that highlight unusual letterforms, modular typography, unique and collaborative reading experiences, and contemporary artists using language in their work.

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A Byte Sized History of Computer Typography with Ben Zotto

Zoom CA, United States

This Letterform Lecture will take you on a whirlwind tour of bitmaps, cathode rays, and how type and computer technology have evolved together. This talk is part how-it-works and where-it-came-from, and part love letter to what is inevitably lost to obsolescence. While print has often been the ultimate goal of "digital" typography, there is a […]

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Growing Up Underground with Steve Heller, Jon Sueda

Zoom CA, United States

Steve Heller cut his typographic and design teeth working on art staffs and art directing underground newspapers in the ‘60s and early ‘70s. His current memoir Growing Up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York (PAPress) tells the story of going from radical neophyte ad hoc designer to working on the most prestigious newspaper page […]

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New Leaves: The Cherokee Syllabary in the 21st Century

Zoom CA, United States

The year 2021 marked the bicentennial of the Cherokee syllabary, the writing system for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah. Today, it remains integral to the culture and identity of the Cherokee people and is, like the language itself, in the midst of concentrated revitalization efforts. Join type designer and Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Skillern […]

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