Letterform Archive – Events

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

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Salon Series 32: 36 Days of Type, Paper Sculpture Edition
with Zai Divecha

Salon
Thu, May 26, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm PT
Typographic Knitting: A Stitch-by-Stitch Introduction
with Rüdiger Schlömer

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat, Jun 4, – Sun, Jun 12, 2022
10:00am–1:00pm PT
A Crash Course in Type Selection
with Stephen Coles, Christopher Slye

Type West Public Workshop
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat–Sun, Jun 4–5, 2022
10:00am–5:00pm PT
Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Kel Troughton

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Jun 6, – Mon, Aug 15, 2022
5:00pm–8:00pm PT
Online Core: Tools of the Trade: The Evolution of Typographic Technologies
with Briar Levit

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, Jun 7, – Tue, Aug 16, 2022
2:00pm–4:00pm PT
Online Core: Experimental Type
with Zrinka Buljubašić

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Thu, Jun 9, – Thu, Jun 30, 2022
2:00pm–5:00pm PT
Uncovering the History of Early Women Type Designers
with Lauren Elle DeGaine

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm PT
Designing Flourishes
with Lynne Yun

Type West Public Workshop
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Wed–Thu, Jun 22–23, 2022
6:00pm–9:00pm PT
In-Person Core: Prototyping Letterforms
with Lynne Yun

Type West Certificate Program
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat–Sun, Jun 25–26, 2022
10:00am–5:00pm PT
Glyphs Font Production
with Katja Schimmel

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat, Jul 9, – Sat, Jul 30, 2022
7:00am–10:00am PT
The Trajan Inscription in Slate
with Paul Hererra

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
6:00pm–7:30pm PT
Brush-Written Imperial Romans Calligraphy Workshop
with Paul Hererra

Type West Public Workshop
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat–Sun, Jul 30–31, 2022
10:00am–5:00pm PT
The Tactile Book: Embossing Systems for Blind Readers
with Mike Hudson

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Aug 9, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm PT
Online Core: Critical, Cultural, and Contextual Histories of Typography
with Silas Munro

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, Oct 4, – Tue, Dec 13, 2022
2:00pm–4:00pm PT

Past Events

Type Revival Showcase
with

Type West Certificate Program
Online Event at Letterform Archive
Tue, May 3, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
Online Themed Tour: How Art Started Merging With Type Design
with Rebeca Anaya

Online Tour
Thu, Apr 28, 2022
12:00pm–1:00pm
Modern Monograms
with Hope Meng

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Wed, Apr 20, – Wed, May 11, 2022
6:00pm–9:00pm
Series 31: Using Arabic Letterforms in Contemporary Book Art
with Islam Aly

Online Event
Thu, Apr 14, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
Bauhaus Typography at 100: A View from Letterform Archive and Cooper Hewitt
with Ellen Lupton

Co-presented by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Online Lecture
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
3:00pm–4:30pm
Untangling Japanese Type
with Toshi Omagari

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
How to Make Mistakes on Purpose
with Laurie Rosenwald

Type West Public Workshop
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
10:00am–1:00pm
Type, Money, and Power: The First 5000 Years
with Juliette Cezzar

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
Online Core: Brushing Up Your Letterforms
with Aline Kaori

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Thu, Mar 10, – Thu, Mar 31, 2022
2:00pm–5:00pm
For a Labor History of Typography
with J. Dakota Brown

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 1, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
In-Person Core: From the Quill to Punch
with Rob Saunders

Type West Certificate Program
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat, Feb 26, – Sat, Mar 5, 2022
10:00am–5:00pm
Salon Series 30: Collecting Bauhaus Typography for 40 Years
with Rob Saunders

Salon
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
Online Core: So, ya wanna sell some type, eh?
with Dominic Stanley

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, Feb 15, – Tue, Feb 22, 2022
5:00pm–8:00pm
Writing Around the World: Trends & Observations
with Kamal Mansour

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm
In-Person Core: Brush Written Romans
with Paul Hererra

Type West Certificate Program
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat–Sun, Feb 12–13, 2022
10:00am–5:00pm

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