Events

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

For updates on upcoming events and other news, join the Letterform Archive mailing list. See video recordings of past Letterform Lectures. Salon Series video is available exclusively to Archive members.

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  Salon Series 23: Making The Black Panther, A Conversation
  with Emory Douglas

  
  Online Event
  Thu, Aug 27, 2020
  12:00pm–1:00pm PDT

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  Lettering Fundamentals
  with Ying Chang

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Tue, Sep 8, – Thu, Sep 17, 2020
  5:00pm–8:00pm PDT

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  Sign Painting 101
  with Gen Ramírez

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Mon–Thu, Sep 21–24, 2020
  5:00pm–8:00pm PDT

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  Stencilmania: Understanding Type Design as a Tool for Graphic Designers (new date)
  with Laura Meseguer

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Sat–Sun, Sep 26–27, 2020
  10:00am–6:00pm PDT

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  The Text Block as Building Block
  with Angie Wang

  Type West Public Workshop
  Workshop at Letterform Archive
  Sat–Sun, Oct 10–11, 2020
  10:00am–5:00pm PDT

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  Hybrid Letterforms
  with Choi Sung Min

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Sat–Sun, Oct 17–18, 2020
  10:00am–5:00pm PDT

Past Events

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  Introduction to Modern Type Design (Scholarship)
  with Graham Bradley

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Tue, Aug 4, – Tue, Oct 6, 2020
  5:00pm–8:00pm

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  The Chinese Type Archive
  with Synoptic Office, Stephanie Winarto, Mac Wang

  
  Online Lecture
  Tue, Jul 21, 2020
  12:00pm–1:30pm

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  Python for Designers
  with Maurice Meilleur

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Sat–Sun, Jul 11–12, 2020
  10:00am–5:00pm

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  Under Construction: Jurriaan Schrofer’s Letters
  with Maurice Meilleur

  Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
  Online Lecture
  Tue, Jul 7, 2020
  12:00pm–1:30pm

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  Atlas Obscura: Between the Margins at Letterform Archive
  with Kate Long, Grendl Löfkvist, Stephen Coles

  An Atlas Obscura Experience
  Online Tour
  Thu, Jul 2, 2020
  1:00pm–2:00pm

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  Fake Graphics for Real Movies: Graphic Design in Animated Film
  with Paul Conrad, Craig Foster, Laura Meyer, Pixar Animation Studios

  Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
  Online Lecture
  Tue, Jun 30, 2020
  12:00pm–1:00pm

All Past Events