This year the Legacy of Letters will consist of a letterpress workshop combined with cooking lessons. Both will take place at the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione in Cornuda, just northwest of Venice, from July 9 to 16. The workshop—entitled Tipo Cibo Vino (Type Food Wine) will be led by Peter Kruty and Sayre Gaydos of Peter … Read more
In this hands-on intensive workshop you will drive the process of drawing and refining custom lettering. In this one-day session you will be introduced to effective techniques to create a lettering from scratch. It is ideal for beginners as well as advanced letterers who want to improve their technique. You will walk away from this workshop … Read more
Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild journey into the super fun world of type design. In this class you will learn the basics of designing and generating a … Read more
The Type Directors Club is happy to partner with Kevin Bradley and Church of Type to offer a one-day workshop in Santa Monica, California. Enter Kevin's temple of typography on Thursday, December 7, and you will have access to a vast collection of wood and metal type, illustrations and woodcuts, and presses. Leave your computer … Read more
Start a Glyphs font project with renowned type designer Mark Simonson: Mark is an independent type designer working out of his home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Mark was variously a graphic designer, art director, illustrator, and lettering artist before becoming a full-time type designer in 2005. He is probably best known for designing the typeface … Read more
In this hands-on intensive workshop you will drive the process of drawing and refining custom script lettering. In this one-day session you will be introduced to effective techniques to create cursive lettering from scratch, with essential insights to deal with flourishes and composition. It is ideal for beginners as well as advanced letterers who want … Read more
Typographics Festival events include a conference, tours, talks, workshops, a Book Fair, and TypeLab. Speakers for this year's conference include: Anton & Irene, Gail Bichler, Bahia Shehab, Veronika Burian & José Scaglione, Silas Munro, Shannon Harvey, Peter Bilak, Tamara Shopsin, Lance Wyman, Teddy Blanks, Sarah Gephart & Alicia Cheng, Massimo Pitis, Bobby C. Martin, Mr. … Read more
Now in its fifth year, the UK’s most popular web typography conference is returning June 29 to sunny, beautiful Brighton. The conference brings together experts from all aspects of web typography, including branding and editorial designers, web developers, visual designers, browser makers, and type designers. The idea is to provide the audience with a full picture … Read more
Go beyond choosing the same fonts from the type menu to creating your own typefaces and become your own type designer. Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) six-hour workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild … Read more
Since the 2013 introduction of Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe InDesign has added well over 1,000 features, changes, and updates. Some large, some small, keeping up with what’s new in your favorite program is now harder than ever. And if your world includes Photoshop or Illustrator, it’s no wonder that you’re feeling lost in the dust. … Read more
