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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Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Kel Troughton

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Jun 16, – Wed, Aug 18, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm PDT
A Script That Pleases The Eye
with Iyad Naja

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture
Tue, Jun 22, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm PDT
Elementype, a practical guide to typographic use.
with Sandra García, Dafne Martínez, Mónica Munguía

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture
Tue, Jul 13, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm PDT
Multilingual Kufic
with Nada Abdallah

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Sat–Sun, Jul 17–18, 2021
10:00am–5:00pm PDT
Introduction to Modern Type Design (Scholarship)
with Rod Cavazos

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Tue, Jul 20, – Tue, Sep 21, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm PDT
Micro Typography
with Tipastype, Dafne Martínez, Sandra García

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Jul 21, – Wed, Aug 11, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm PDT
Exercises in Style
with Ellmer Stefan

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Jul 27, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm PDT
Animating Variable Fonts
with Lynne Yun, Kevin Yeh

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Aug 18, – Wed, Aug 25, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm PDT
What Makes a Typeface Legible? Ask Science.
with Sofie Beier

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture
Tue, Nov 2, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm PDT

Past Events

Certificate Core: Experimental Typeface Design
with Juan Villanueva

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop
Thu, Jun 10, – Thu, Jul 1, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Python for Designers
with Maurice Meilleur

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Jun 2, – Thu, Jun 10, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Salon Series 28: Letterforms of the Viennese Secession
with Stephen Coles

Co-presented by Poster House
Salon at Letterform Archive
Thu, May 27, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Lettering Fundamentals
with Ying Chang

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, May 18, – Thu, May 27, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Letterform Archive Auction Preview
with Rob Saunders, Nicholas D. Lowry, Angelina Lippert

Co-presented by Swann
Online Event
Mon, May 3, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Floating Downscreen
with Tad Wagner

Online Workshop
Thu, Apr 15, – Thu, May 6, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Stone-carved Lettering and the Digital Age
with Nicholas Benson

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Salon Series 27: Book Jackets
with Sally Beale

Salon
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Macro Typography
with Rebeca Anaya, Mónica Munguía

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Mar 17, – Thu, Mar 25, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Nüshu, a script created by self-educated women in a remote region of China
with Lisa Huang 黄丽莎

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 16, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Certificate Core: Introduction to Roman Capitals
with Gen Ramírez

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop
Wed, Mar 3, – Thu, Mar 11, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Rod Cavazos

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Mar 3, – Wed, May 5, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
The Font Detective & the California Cases
with Thomas Phinney

Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Mar 2, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
MOVE IT! Dazzling Type Animation Workshop
with Zipeng Zhu

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
10:00am–5:00pm
2019–20 Type West Graduation Ceremony and Typeface Reveal
with Type West Class of 2020

Special Event
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm

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