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.

A Crash Course in Type Selection
Stephen Coles, Christopher Slye

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Jan 11–12, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Politics of Arabic Type Design
Nadine Chahine

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Wed, Jan 29, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Power in Design
Nadine Chahine

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Feb 1–2, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
Introduction to Modern Type Design
Graham Bradley

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Feb 5, – Wed, Apr 8, 2020
6:30pm–9:30pm
Typewriter Art: Typestracts, Artyping, and Constellation Poetry
Amelia Grounds

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Feb 18, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Unconventional Type Families
Marta Bernstein

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat, Feb 29, – Sun, Mar 1, 2020
10:00am–5:00pm
More is More, Sometimes. In Defense of Display Typefaces.
Marta Bernstein

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 3, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Too Black/Ain’t Black Enough, or Stereotype and Truth: Typography in African American periodicals, popular culture, and artists’ books
Tia Blassingame

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 17, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm
Finding Y
Hope Meng

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Mar 31, 2020
6:00pm–7:30pm

Past Events

Collected Conversation
Kate Long

Panel Discussion at Fruitsuper

Wed, Dec 4, 2019
6:00pm–7:00pm
Modern Gothic Need Not Be an Oxymoron
John Stevens

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Nov 23–24, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Beyond Exemplars and Ductus
John Stevens

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Nov 19, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Certificate Core: Experience the Origin of Roman Inscriptional Capitals
John Stevens

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Nov 16–17, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Surprise Salon: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher
Rob Saunders

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Nov 14, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Letterform Archive Book Sale

Special Event at Letterform Archive

Sun, Nov 10, 2019
12:00pm–3:00pm
Notes on Icons and Design
Susan Kare

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Nov 5, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
Silas Munro

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Oct 29, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Morla : Design Book Party
Jennifer Morla, Michael Vanderbyl

Reception at Letterform Archive

Wed, Oct 23, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
Certificate Core: Scripsit and Sculpsit
Paul Shaw

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Certificate Program
Sat–Sun, Oct 19–20, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Live at the Archive: The Itinerant Printer
Chris Fritton

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Oct 17, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Designs on Democracy: The Roles and Responsibilities of Graphic Designers in the Trump Era
Sabiha Basrai

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Oct 15, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm
Floating Downscreen: An Intro to Lettering on the iPad
James Edmondson, Tad Wagner

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Oct 12–13, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Live at the Archive: The Visual Literature of Warren Lehrer
Warren Lehrer, Dennis J Bernstein

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Fri, Oct 11, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Salon Series 20: Arthur Baker
Carl Crossgrove

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Sep 26, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
Pushing Pencils and Pulling Pens: Lettering Fundamentals
Nils Lindstrom

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Sat–Sun, Sep 21–22, 2019
10:00am–5:00pm
Japanese Typography, Lettering, and Commercial Art in the Early Twentieth Century
Florence Fu

Lecture at ATypI Conference

Thu, Sep 5, 2019
9:30am–10:00am
Restaurant Branding
Christine Celic Strohl, Eric Strohl, Roberto de Vicq

Workshop at Letterform Archive
Type West Public Workshop
Wed, Sep 4, – Wed, Oct 9, 2019
6:30pm–8:30pm
Salon Series 19: Wood Type
Stephen Coles

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Aug 29, 2019
6:30pm–7:30pm
The Book Is Not a PDF
Irma Boom

Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Tue, Aug 27, 2019
6:00pm–7:30pm