Students can choose the amount of days they wish to attend.
All attendees will be given a complimentary 6-month license to Glyphs and some third-party software.
Attendees can purchase a Glyphs license at the discounted price of $250.

DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO FONT DESIGN
with Matteo Bologna & Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
This session is recommended for type novices, as well as for expert-level type designers.
In the morning session, we will sketch a few letters, digitise them, export the font, and use it in InDesign.
In the afternoon, we will add additional letters to the font, kern them, optimize them for the screen, add diacritics, and produce the combined letters. At the end of the day, we will not have a finished font, but a respectable start.

REQUIREMENTS:
No prior experience is required, some experience with Bézier-based vector drawing tools is useful.
Bring your MacBook (OS X 10.7+) NO WINDOWS, NO FONTLAB.

DAY 2: GLYPHS PRO WORKSHOP
with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
This session is recommended for type novices who learned the basics on Day 1, expert-level type designers, and prior Glyphs users.

In the morning, we will start with a monoline (open paths) design in Glyphs. We will export it using a Glyphs feature called Custom Parameters. By adding glyph variations, we will make Glyphs auto-generate OpenType features for us.
In the afternoon, we will expand the mono line to a single-axis Multiple Master set-up, making use of built-in features as well as third-party scripts and plugins.

REQUIREMENTS:
Some prior experience in type design recommended (the words OpenType and Multiple Master should not sound foreign to you) or the introductory workshop
Bring your MacBook (OS X 10.7+)
Know your Admin password, because we will make some installations

DAY 3: PYTHON WITH GLYPHS
with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
This advanced-level session is recommended for the nerdiest type novices who learned the basics on Day 1 and Day 2, expert-level type designers, and prior Glyphs users.
In the morning, we will learn some basic concepts of programming in Python: variables, loops, functions, etc. We will put our knowledge to use by writing a report script and batch-modifying font attributes through Python scripting.
In the afternoon, after a short summary of the morning session, we will use Python for creating and modifying glyphs in an existing font. At the end of the day, we will take a brief look at the so-called Python Objective-C Bridge in order to directly access app functions.

REQUIREMENTS:
Bring your MacBook (OS X 10.7+)
Latest Glyphs.app beta installed
A Python-ready text editor installed; I recommend:
TextMate 2: http://macromates.com
Sublime Text 2: http://www.sublimetext.com
Personally, I use TextMate
No prior knowledge of Python required
We will assume you have used Glyphs.app before

Registration is required and space is limited (20 attendees max.). For more information, email Carol Wahler at director@tdc.org, or call 1-212-633-8943.

Cancellation fee: $50 for cancellations after October 10, 2014.

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INSTRUCTORS BIOS:
Rainer Erich (‘Eric’) Scheichelbauer was born in Vienna and designs typefaces, works as a digital punchcutter for other type designers, teaches type design and typography at a graphic art school, gives type design workshops, translates Dutch books on typography into German, writes articles, tutorials, and Python scripts, as well as the glyphsapp.com blog and the Glyphs handbook. Eric recently completed both a philosophy and a Dutch studies degree.

Matteo Bologna is the founding partner and principal of Mucca Design.
Under his direction, the Mucca Design team has created uniquely successful work for a wide variety of global companies like Whole Foods, Victoria’s Secret, Barnes & Noble, Rizzoli, Adobe Systems. The work produced by the Mucca Design team has also been widely recognized by industry publications, competitions and exhibitions.
Matteo is the President of the Type Directors Club and former board member of AIGA/NY. He frequently lectures about branding and typography around the world.