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.

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
Designing Identity Systems
Richard Danne

Panel Discussion & Pop-up Exhibit at Astro Studios

Tue, Jul 24, 2018
5:30pm–7:30pm
Archive Salon Series 07: Travel Ephemera
Tânia Raposo

Salon at Letterform Archive

Thu, Jul 26, 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
Live at the Archive: Underware
Underware

Lecture at Letterform Archive

Thu, Aug 9, 2018
6:30pm–7:30pm

Past Events

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