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Introduction to Modern Type Design Workshop

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

with Kel Troughton Learn to think systematically about type and make your own font in 10 weeks! (Not in or near San Francisco? See the online version of this workshop.)   During this 10-week in-person workshop (Wednesdays from June 12 through August 21. No class on July 3), you'll learn what it takes to create your own […]

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Reading Type Specimens: From Cicero to Spoonie Diddel, Ladies Cicerone

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

There is more to the texts of type specimens than the ubiquitous "Quousque tandem abutere…" of Cicero’s first oration against Catiline. Careful reading of type specimens, especially those of the nineteenth century, reveals widespread patriotism, jingoism, and cultural chauvinism; historical and literary allusions; references to topical events; wordplay, sophomoric humor, and parody; and bald self-promotion. […]