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Dina Ruzha: From Traditional Cyrillic to Contemporary Cyrillic
October 11, 2018The Cyrillic art of lettering has a thousand-year-old history. Since the 18th Century, the Latin world has been inspiring the Cyrillic letterforms, but Cyrillic can inspire Latin designers for new features and forms as well. From this presentation, you’ll know about the history of Cyrillic calligraphy and how it influenced artists in the 20th Century … Read more
Tagged calligraphy, hand lettering, lettering, salons, script, type, type design, typography | Leave a comment2018 Ascenders New York Exhibition
August 15, 2018This exhibition, which runs through September 6, presents the work of the 2018 Ascenders, nineteen designers under the age of 35 selected by the TDC’s Board of Directors for their remarkable achievement in typography, type design, and lettering. This group of Ascenders was selected in July 2018 from portfolios submitted by 230 outstanding designers from … Read more
Tagged Ascenders, competition, exhibition, fonts, graphic design, lettering, script, type, typedesign, typography | Leave a commentTypeThursdayNYC (June)
June 7, 2018It’s fontastic & boldacious & x-heighting! It’s TypeThursdayNYC! TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Dorectors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique … Read more
Tagged crit, crit club, fonts, hand lettering, lettering, script, Type Thursday, typeface design | Leave a commentExhibition| Ross MacDonald: Hidden in Plain Sight – Props for Film, TV, and Theater
May 31, 2018Ross MacDonald is perhaps best known as an illustrator, yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. Type Directors Club is pleased to present this fun exhibition Hidden in Plain Sight and give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how movie, TV, and … Read more
Tagged calligraphy, exhibition, graphic design, hand lettering, lettering, script, typography | Leave a commentScript Lettering Workshop with Martina Flor
May 5, 2018In 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
Tagged lettering, Martinaflor, script, Workshop | Leave a commentLove Letters: Exhibition Tour with Tony DiSpigna
March 19, 2018Designer Tony DiSpigna will be conducting a tour of his exhibition currently on view at the Type Directors Club on Monday evening, March 19 at the Type Directors Club. DiSpigna, known for his graceful Spencerian Script and memorable logo design work, will use his keen eye and sharp insight to give viewers an insider’s look … Read more
Tagged exhibition tour, lettering, lettering design, script, Tony DiSpigna | Leave a commentTony Di Spigna on Spencerian Script
March 8, 2018Tony Di Spigna discusses Spencerian Formal Script and will demonstrate his Spencerian Script design procedure from beginning to final art execution. Tony will show samples in various stages of design development—in short, he will reveal all his secrets and answer any questions attendees may have. Tony is proud to announce LOVE LETTERS, his book featuring … Read more
Tagged calligraphy, lettering, salon, script, spencerian | Leave a comment