Letterform Archive – Events

Events

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

Please note the location listed for each event as some take place at a venue other than the Archive. For updates on upcoming events and other news, join the Letterform Archive mailing list.

Introduction to Modern Type Design
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Jan 30, – Wed, Apr 3, 2019
6:30pm–9:30pm
Certificate Core: Foundations of Original Type Design
James Edmondson, Christopher Slye

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Mon, Feb 4, – Mon, Apr 8, 2019
6:30pm–9:30pm
Certificate Core: The Lexicon of Power

Lecture at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Tue, Feb 5, – Tue, Apr 9, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
From forms to alphabets: Sketching and investigating experimental letterforms
Sun Helen Isdahl Kalvenes, Maria Doreuli

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Feb 9–10, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Certificate Core: The Truly Flexible Pointed Pen
Rick Paulus

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
The Ever-Expressive Ruling Pen
Rick Paulus

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sun, Feb 17, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Calligraphy in the Digital Age
Rick Paulus

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Feb 19, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
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
Designing Flourishes
Lynne Yun

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sun, Mar 3, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Letters: A Code System
Lynne Yun

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 5, 2019
6:00pm–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
Survey of Korean Calligraphy, Typography, and Print
Lars Kim

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Apr 2, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm

Past Events

A Crash Course in Type Selection
Stephen Coles

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat, Dec 8, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Salon Series 11: Type Specimen Ephemera
Stephen Coles

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Nov 29, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
The Graphic Vocabulary of Modern Kinetic Typography
Greg D’Onofrio

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Nov 13, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Calligraphy → Type → Calligraphy (→ Type)
Carl Rohrs

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Nov 10–11, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Children’s Books: A Type Story
Kate Goad

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Nov 6, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
New Light on Old Types: A History of Type Design – Revisited
Stan Knight

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Oct 30, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Pen to Punch
Stan Knight

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Oct 27–28, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Salon Series 10: the Occult
Elise Carlton

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Oct 25, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Typographic Systems: Analog to Algorithm
Jon Sueda, chris hamamoto

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Oct 20–21, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Time to Spare: Type and Tectonics
Doug Clouse

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Oct 16, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Live at the Archive: Aaron Marcus Presents Universal Visible Languages
Aaron Marcus

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Oct 11, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Restaurant Branding
Roberto de Vicq, Christine Celic Strohl

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Oct 10, – Wed, Nov 14, 2018
6:30pm–8:30pm
Certificate Core: Fundamentals of Typeface Design
James Edmondson, Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Mon, Oct 1, – Mon, Dec 10, 2018
6:30pm–9:30pm
Archive Salon Series 09: Jacob Jongert
Rob Saunders

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Sep 27, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Archive Salon Series 08: Rudolf Koch
Oriol Miró Genovart

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Aug 30, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Save Your Work
Amelia Grounds, Karson Shadley

Lecture & Pop-up Exhibit at Astro Studios

Thu, Aug 23, 2018
5:30pm–7:30pm
Exhibition Reception for 2018 Type@Cooper West Graduates

Reception at Dependable Letterpress
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Fri, Aug 10, 2018
6:00pm–9:00pm
Live at the Archive: Underware
Underware

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Aug 9, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Type in Film
Louise Sandhaus

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jul 31, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Archive Salon Series 07: Travel Ephemera
Tânia Raposo

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jul 26, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Designing Identity Systems
Richard Danne, Alejandro Chavetta, Leslie Cheng, Kate Goad

Panel Discussion & Pop-up Exhibit at Astro Studios

Tue, Jul 24, 2018
5:30pm–7:30pm
Everything’s in Progress: Redefining the Way Type Design is Released
Lizy Joy Gershenzon

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jul 17, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Typographic Testing Grounds: Job Printing, Small-scale Web Projects, and Innovative Typeface Design
Nick Sherman

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jul 10, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Shapeshifting Typefaces: Designing and Producing Variable Fonts
Nick Sherman

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Jul 7–8, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Font Production for Typeface Families
Frank Grießhammer

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat, Jun 30, – Sun, Jul 1, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Archive Salon Series 06: Ladislav Sutnar
Rob Saunders

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jun 28, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Erik vs James
Erik Marinovich, James Edmondson

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Jun 23–24, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Micro & Macro Typography
Tânia Raposo

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Wed, Jun 20, – Wed, Aug 1, 2018
6:30pm–9:30pm
Owning It: Type Design and Intellectual Property
Jeremy Mickel

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jun 12, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Reimagining the Future: Visual Style Beyond Identity

Exhibition at Astro Studios
A San Francisco Design Week Event
Tue, Jun 12, 2018
6:00pm–9:00pm
Archive Salon Series 05: Artists’ Books: Makers and Materials
Amelia Grounds

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, May 31, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Preserving Graphic Design Process
Rob Saunders, Stephen Coles

Exhibition at TYPO Berlin

Thu–Sat, May 17–19, 2018
10:00am–8:00pm
Dwiggins and Hingham
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA

Thu, May 3, 2018
7:00pm–8:45pm
Dwiggins at HOW Design Live
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at HOW Design Live, Boston

Thu, May 3, 2018
10:00am–10:45am
Dwiggins at the BPL
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at Boston Public Library

Wed, May 2, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Archive Salon Series 04: Advocacy and Activism
Kate Goad

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Apr 26, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Dwiggins at Left Bank Books
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at Left Bank Books, Hanover, NH

Tue, Apr 24, 2018
7:00pm–8:00pm
W. A. Dwiggins and the Serious Business of Fun
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at University of Southern Maine

Wed, Apr 11, 2018
7:00pm–9:00pm
Archive Salon 03: New Uses for Old Type
Stephen Coles

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Mar 29, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Dwiggins Publication Party
Bruce Kennett

Reception at Letterform Archive

Fri, Mar 23, 2018
6:30pm–8:30pm
The Multi-Faceted W. A. Dwiggins
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at Arts and Letters Club of Toronto

Tue, Mar 20, 2018
6:00pm–7:00pm
Indigenous Font Design and the Ripple Effect
Juliet Shen

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Mar 20, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Super-Veloz: Modular Modern
Alexander Tochilovsky

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Mar 13, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Typography: Essentials
Alexander Tochilovsky

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Mar 10–11, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Roma e Italia — Then, Since Then, & Now
Carl Rohrs

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Mar 6, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Modular Lettering
John Downer

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Mar 3–4, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Introduction to Python Programming for the Type Designer
Andy Clymer

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Feb 24–25, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Archive Salon 02: Piet Zwart

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Feb 22, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Typefaces You Can Write With A Pen & Brush
Carl Rohrs

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Feb 17–18, 2018
10:00am–5:00pm
Didot, the Genesis of Style
Loïc Sander

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Feb 13, 2018
6:00pm–7:30pm
Principles of Typeface Design: A–z and More
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Thu, Feb 8, – Thu, Apr 12, 2018
6:30pm–9:30pm
DWIGFEST! A Celebration of W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design
Steven Heller, Bruce Kennett, Rob Saunders

Salon at Type Directors Club, New York
Hosted by the TDC
Wed, Feb 7, 2018
6:30pm–8:30pm
Restaurant Branding
Christine Celic Strohl, Roberto de Vicq

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Wed, Feb 7, – Wed, Feb 28, 2018
6:30pm–8:30pm
Archive Salon 01: Identity Manuals

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jan 25, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm
Introduction to Sign Painting: Casual Letters
Miguel Reyes

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Dec 2–3, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Micro Typography
Tânia Raposo

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Nov 18–19, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Planting the Seeds for Creating a Script Typeface Design
Richard Lipton

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Nov 11–12, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Souped-up Font Formats
Dan Rhatigan

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Nov 7, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Drawn Roman Capitals
Julian Waters

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Nov 4–5, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Introduction to Serif Lettering
James Edmondson

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Oct 28–29, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Proportions
John Downer

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Oct 21–22, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Before Desktop Publishing: The Democratization of Type in the Cold Type Era
Briar Levit

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Oct 17, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Archiving AIGA Medalists

Exhibition at AIGA Design Conference
In collaboration with AIGA
Thu–Sat, Oct 12–14, 2017
8:00am–6:30pm
Pointed Pen Calligraphy for Beginners
Frank Grießhammer

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Oct 7–8, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
The Proliferation of 19th- (and 20th-) Century Wood Type and Its Impact on Typographic Norms
David Shields

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Oct 3, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Principles of Typeface Design: A–z and More
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Wed, Sep 27, – Wed, Dec 6, 2017
6:30pm–9:30pm
The Ephemeral Nature of Lettering Arts

Lecture at Devonshire House
Hosted by Bankside Design District
Wed, Sep 20, 2017
7:00pm–9:00pm
Graphic Design Process: Analog Artifacts of Experimentation, Development, and Production
Rob Saunders, Amelia Grounds

Exhibition at Devonshire House
Hosted by Bankside Design District
Wed–Sun, Sep 20–24, 2017
5:00pm–9:00pm
The Past 100 Years of the Future
Aaron Marcus

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Sep 19, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Archiving Your Graphic Portfolio
Rob Saunders

Lecture at Sackler Centre for arts education

Sun, Sep 17, 2017
12:00pm–1:00pm
Pre-digital Type Specimens: Aggregation, Examination, and Dissemination
Stephen Coles

Lecture at ATypI Conference

Sat, Sep 16, 2017
9:30am–10:00am
Restaurant Branding
Christine Celic Strohl, Roberto de Vicq

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Wed, Sep 6, – Wed, Sep 27, 2017
6:30pm–8:30pm
W. A. Dwiggins Pop-up Exhibition

Exhibition at TypeCon

Fri–Sun, Aug 25–27, 2017
10:15am–5:00pm
W. A. Dwiggins, Hermann Püterschein, and the Fictional Society of Calligraphers
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at TypeCon

Fri, Aug 25, 2017
8:50am–9:20am
Avant Garde Show & Tell
Rob Saunders

Lecture at SF Art Book Fair

Sat, Jul 22, 2017
3:00pm–4:00pm
Psychedelic Lettering
James Edmondson, Victor Moscoso

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Jul 22–23, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Web Typography is just typography, sort of
Amy Papaelias

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jul 18, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Thinking with Type Workshop
Ellen Lupton

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Jul 15–16, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
The Value of Multi-Typeface Design
Bethany Heck

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jul 11, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Dwiggins & Linotype: The Official Releases
Bruce Kennett

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jun 20, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Letterform Archive Bold Extended

Reception at Letterform Archive

Fri, Jun 16, 2017
5:00pm–8:00pm
Recontextualizing Type in Motion
Mindy Seu

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Jun 6, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Lettering as Composition
Erik Marinovich

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, May 20–21, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Micro & Macro Typography
Tânia Raposo

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Wed, May 3, – Wed, May 31, 2017
6:30pm–9:30pm
Design History as a Model for Contemporary Practice
Alexander Tochilovsky

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West

6:00pm
Micro Typography
Alexander Tochilovsky

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Mar 18–19, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
Understanding Script Lettering
Victoria Rushton

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Mar 11–12, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm
For Display Only
James Edmondson

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Co-presented by Type@Cooper West
Tue, Mar 7, 2017
6:00pm–7:30pm
Grids & Grits
Tânia Raposo

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Offered by Type@Cooper West
Sat–Sun, Mar 4–5, 2017
10:00am–5:00pm