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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Online Core: Foundations of Text Type Design
with Carl Crossgrove, Juan Villanueva

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Jan 31, – Mon, Apr 11, 2022
2:00pm–5:00pm PT
In-Person Core: Fundamentals of Typeface Design with Graham Bradley and Rodrigo Cavazos
with Graham Bradley, Rodrigo Cavazos

Type West Certificate Program
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Jan 31, – Mon, Apr 11, 2022
6:00pm–9:00pm PT
Public Workshop: Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Kel Troughton

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Jan 31, – Mon, Apr 11, 2022
6:00pm–9:00pm PT
In-Person Core: Transformative Technologies
with Grendl Löfkvist

Type West Certificate Program
Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, Feb 1, – Tue, Apr 12, 2022
6:00pm–8:00pm PT
Online Core: A History of Writing
with Ewan Clayton

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Wed, Feb 2, – Wed, Apr 13, 2022
9:00am–11:00am PT
Public Workshop: Floating Downscreen
with Tad Wagner

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Wed, Feb 2, – Wed, Feb 23, 2022
5:00pm–8:00pm PT
Type West Class of 2021 Graduation Ceremony and Typeface Reveal
with Class of 2021

Type West Certificate Program
Online Event at Letterform Archive
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
12:00pm–1:30pm PT
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 PT
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 PT
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 PT
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 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: 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

Holiday Collaging with the Archive: an interactive virtual tour
with Tanya George, Meaghan Dee

Online Tour
Fri–Sat, Dec 17–18, 2021
10:30am–12:00pm
Salon Series 29: Bauhaus Typefaces
with Stephen Coles

Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Thu, Dec 2, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Why Start a National Design Archive?
with Gabriel Amijai Benderski Perez

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Words with Shape and Soul
with Dina Benbrahim

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Lecture at Letterform Archive
Tue, Nov 16, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Bauhaus Typography at 100 Opening Celebration
with Carl Rohrs, Rob Saunders, Hank Smith

Reception at Letterform Archive
Sat, Nov 13, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Certificate Core: Entering the Conversation: Writing about Type
with Florence Fu

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Thu, Nov 4, – Thu, Nov 11, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
What Makes a Typeface Legible? Ask Science.
with Sofie Beier

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture
Tue, Nov 2, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Lettering Fundamentals
with Ying Chang

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Nov 1, – Wed, Nov 10, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
An Exploration of Angel DeCora’s Design and Lettering Work
with Neebinnaukzhik Southall

Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Online Lecture
Tue, Oct 19, 2021
12:00pm–1:30pm
Type West Virtual Open House
with Grendl Löfkvist, Graham Bradley, Rodrigo Cavazos, Kel Troughton, Maria Doreuli, Juan Villanueva, Carl Crossgrove, Lynne Yun, Gen Ramírez, Ewan Clayton, Briar Levit, Silas Munro

Type West Certificate Program
Online Event at Letterform Archive
Fri, Oct 15, 2021
12:00pm–1:00pm
Certificate Core: Taming the Python
with Nina Stössinger

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Thu, Oct 7, – Thu, Oct 28, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Rodrigo Cavazos

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop
Wed, Oct 6, – Wed, Dec 8, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm
Restaurant Branding: We Eat First With Our Eyes
with Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Tue, Oct 5, – Tue, Nov 9, 2021
6:00pm–8:00pm
Certificate Core: Type Families
with Graham Bradley, James Edmondson

Type West Certificate Program
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Mon, Oct 4, – Mon, Dec 13, 2021
6:00pm–8:30pm
Mix and Match: Calligraphy and Lettering as Design Tools
with Aline Kaori, Gui Menga

Type West Public Workshop
Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
Wed, Sep 8, – Wed, Sep 29, 2021
5:00pm–8:00pm

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