Letterform Archive – Events

Events

Letterform Archive hosts and presents a variety of lectures, workshops, and other events related to letterforms.

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Why Your Process Matters, and How to Preserve It
Rob Saunders

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Feb 18, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Experimenting with Unconventional Type Families
Marta Bernstein

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat, Feb 29, – Sun, Mar 1, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
More is More, Sometimes. In Defense of Display Typefaces.
Marta Bernstein

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 3, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Too Black/Ain’t Black Enough, or Stereotype and Truth: Typography in African American periodicals, popular culture, and artists’ books
Tia Blassingame

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 17, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Introduction to Python Programming for the Type Designer
Nina Stössinger

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Mar 21–22, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
The Text Block as Building Block
Angie Wang

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Mar 28–29, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Typography is a Meditation
Hope Meng

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 31, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Creative Monograms
Hope Meng

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat, Apr 18, – Sat, Apr 25, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Certificate Core: Tools For Prototyping and Proofing
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Jun 27–28, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm

Past Events

Certificate Core: Calligraphy as a Tool for Prototyping Letterforms
Lynne Yun

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Feb 15–16, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Introduction to Modern Type Design (Thursdays)
Graham Bradley

at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Thu, Feb 6, – Thu, Apr 9, 2020
6:30pm–9:30pm
Introduction to Modern Type Design (Wednesdays)
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Feb 5, – Wed, Apr 8, 2020
6:30pm–9:30pm
Politics of Arabic Type Design
Nadine Chahine

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Wed, Jan 29, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
A Crash Course in Type Selection
Stephen Coles, Christopher Slye

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Jan 11–12, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Collected Conversation
Kate Long

Panel Discussion at Fruitsuper

Wed, Dec 4, 2019
6:00pm–7:00pm
Modern Gothic Need Not Be an Oxymoron
John Stevens

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Nov 23–24, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Beyond Exemplars and Ductus
John Stevens

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Nov 19, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Experience the Origin of Roman Inscriptional Capitals
John Stevens

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Nov 16–17, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Surprise Salon: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher
Rob Saunders

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Nov 14, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Letterform Archive Book Sale

Special Event at Letterform Archive

Sun, Nov 10, 2019
12:00pm–3:00pm
Notes on Icons and Design
Susan Kare

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Nov 5, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
Silas Munro

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Oct 29, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Morla : Design Book Party
Jennifer Morla, Michael Vanderbyl

Reception at Letterform Archive

Wed, Oct 23, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
Certificate Core: Scripsit and Sculpsit
Paul Shaw

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Oct 19–20, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Live at the Archive: The Itinerant Printer
Chris Fritton

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Oct 17, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Designs on Democracy: The Roles and Responsibilities of Graphic Designers in the Trump Era
Sabiha Basrai

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Oct 15, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Floating Downscreen: An Intro to Lettering on the iPad
James Edmondson, Tad Wagner

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Oct 12–13, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Live at the Archive: The Visual Literature of Warren Lehrer
Warren Lehrer, Dennis J Bernstein

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Fri, Oct 11, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Salon Series 20: Arthur Baker
Carl Crossgrove

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Sep 26, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Pushing Pencils and Pulling Pens: Lettering Fundamentals
Nils Lindstrom

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Sep 21–22, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Japanese Typography, Lettering, and Commercial Art in the Early Twentieth Century
Florence Fu

Lecture at ATypI Conference

Thu, Sep 5, 2019
9:30am–10:00am
Restaurant Branding
Christine Celic Strohl, Eric Strohl, Roberto de Vicq

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Sep 4, – Wed, Oct 9, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
Salon Series 19: Wood Type
Stephen Coles

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Aug 29, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
The Book Is Not a PDF
Irma Boom

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Aug 27, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Exhibition Reception for 2019 Type West Graduates

Exhibition at Dependable Letterpress
Type West Certificate Program
Fri, Aug 9, 2019
6:00pm–8:30pm
Touchy Feely
Ellen Lupton

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Jul 30, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Branding w/Type
Ellen Lupton

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Salon Series 18: Fashion
Florence Fu, Priscilla (Skilla) Zaccalini

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jul 25, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate
Carolyn Porter

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Jul 16, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Look Closely: Elevate Your Typography
Carolyn Porter

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sun, Jul 14, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
BEEF PORK LAMB VEAL & TYPE
Tobias Frere-Jones, Nina Stössinger

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Jul 2, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Introduction to Python for Type Designers
Nina Stössinger

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Jun 29–30, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Typography & Neon: Tenderloin Historical Ephemera Project
Stephen Coles

Panel Discussion at Tenderloin Museum
A San Francisco Design Week Event
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
Salon Series 17: DADA and Surrealism
Hank Smith

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jun 27, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Digital Revolution: Designing in the ’90s

Exhibition at Astro Studios
A San Francisco Design Week Event
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
5:00pm–8:00pm
The Chinese Typewriter: A History
Tom Mullaney

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Jun 18, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Type West Open House

Reception at Letterform Archive

Sat, Jun 1, 2019
5:00pm–7:00pm
Salon Series 16: Judging Books By Their Covers
Rob Saunders

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, May 30, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Live at the Archive: The Life and Design of Abram Games
Naomi Games

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, May 23, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Floating Downscreen: An Intro to Lettering on the iPad
James Edmondson, Tad Wagner

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Apr 27–28, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Salon Series 15: CCA Students Present Type History

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Apr 25, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Survey of Korean Calligraphy, Typography, and Print
Lars Kim

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Apr 2, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Salon Series 14: Design and Music
Kate Long

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Mar 28, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Tools For Prototyping and Proofing
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Mar 23–24, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Designing for Musicians
Mary Banas, James Edmondson, Jason Munn, Kate Long

Panel Discussion & Pop-up Exhibit at Astro Studios
Co-presented by Astro Studios
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
5:30pm–7:30pm
Inventing the Adlam Script / Designing Type for a Society in Flux
Abdoulaye Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Mark Jamra, Neil Patel

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 19, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Letters: A Code System
Lynne Yun

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 5, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Designing Flourishes
Lynne Yun

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sun, Mar 3, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Certificate Core: Calligraphy as a Tool for Prototyping Letterforms
Lynne Yun

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat, Mar 2, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm