Events
Going Global with Sharp Earth
with Lucas Sharp
Join us for a deep dive into Sharp Earth, a comprehensive global superfamily typeface and Sharp Type’s most ambitious project to date.
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With Sharp Earth, type designer Lucas Sharp sought to answer the question, "Is it possible to design a typeface for the whole world?"
What began as a series of sketches drawn on a road trip through Thailand would eventually become Sharp Type’s largest typeface family to date. Developed in close collaboration with local type experts from around the world over the course of nearly 7 years, Sharp Earth includes Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Thai, Japanese, Arabic, and Devanagari—with more to come.
In this in-person Letterform Lecture, Sharp will share the development, cultural complexities, production challenges, technical intricacies, and triumphs of a contemporary multi-script design that is still being defined in this pioneering field of type design, adding to the fruitful conversation that is all too relevant in our increasingly globalized world.
Please note that this Letterform Lecture will not be live-streamed; however, you may select the ticketed option to receive the video of the lecture and Q&A after the event concludes.
Letterform Lectures are a public aspect of the Type West postgraduate program. The series is co-presented by the San Francisco Public Library, where events are free and open to all.
Lucas Sharp
Lucas has been designing award-winning original typefaces for over a decade. In addition to designing his own typefaces, Sharp serves as the type director of the foundry, offering guidance, art direction, and mentorship to the type design team. Sharp has designed typefaces for major brands and organizations, including Samsung, Dropbox, and Pentagram. Sharp’s typefaces have been honored by the TDC, the European Design Awards, and more. He co-founded Sharp Type in 2015.
