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The Flexible Mirror: Contemporary Book Design IN-PERSON Workshop

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

with Kevin Barrett Kane, Emma Christine Hall Learn the fundamentals of book design from seasoned pros, including layout, typesetting, cover design, and manufacturing. During this in-person weekend workshop (Saturday–Sunday, June 24 and 25), participants will learn about book and cover design history and practice. Learning Outcomes Learn the basics of professional typesetting in InDesign Apply […]

The Flexible Mirror: Contemporary Book Design IN-PERSON Workshop

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

with Kevin Barrett Kane, Emma Christine Hall Learn the fundamentals of book design from seasoned pros, including layout, typesetting, cover design, and manufacturing.   During this in-person weekend workshop (Saturday–Sunday, June 24 and 25), participants will learn about book and cover design history and practice. Learning Outcomes Learn the basics of professional typesetting in InDesign […]

Inventing the Alphabet: Origin Stories to Forensic Evidence with Johanna Drucker

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

Accounts of the origins of the alphabet contribute to the broad history of ideas. Many vivid intellectual traditions have flourished, and some have been set aside, discredited by “modern” scientific methods of archaeology and forensic science. Turning our attention to these varied lineages, we see not only a history of the alphabet, but also different […]

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Salon Series 37: Recovering the Forgotten Women of Metal Type Design with Bethany Qualls

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

Dig into overlooked design history and get a sneak peek at Letterform Archive’s forthcoming research hub on women in metal type. Ever wonder who originally designed your favorite typefaces? Many of the fonts we use today (such as Futura, Helvetica, Baskerville) originated in the metal type era (late 1800s to 1950s) when hot metal typesetting […]

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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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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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 […]

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 | 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