All Events

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

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  Typography OF/AS Content
  with Lucille Tenazas

  Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
  Lecture at Letterform Archive
  Tue, Aug 3, 2021
  12:00pm–1:30pm PDT

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  Animating Variable Fonts
  with Lynne Yun, Kevin Yeh

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Wed, Aug 18, – Thu, Aug 26, 2021
  5:00pm–8:00pm PDT

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  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 PDT

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  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

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  Exercises in Style
  with Stefan Ellmer

  Co-presented by San Francisco Public Library
  Online Lecture at Letterform Archive
  Tue, Jul 27, 2021
  12:00pm–1:30pm

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  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

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  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

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  Certificate Core: Glyphs for Robots
  with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer

  Type West Certificate Program
  Online Workshop at Letterform Archive
  Wed, Jul 14, – Thu, Jul 22, 2021
  5:00pm–8:00pm

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  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

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  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

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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

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  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

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  Python for Designers
  with Maurice Meilleur

  Type West Public Workshop
  Online Workshop
  Wed, Jun 2, – Thu, Jun 10, 2021
  5:00pm–8:00pm

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Floating Downscreen
  with Tad Wagner

  
  Online Workshop
  Thu, Apr 15, – Thu, May 6, 2021
  5:00pm–8:00pm

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  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

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  Salon Series 27: Book Jackets
  with Sally Beale

  
  Salon
  Thu, Mar 25, 2021
  12:00pm–1:30pm

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