Events
Inclusive Type Design
with Peter Biľak, Héctor Mangas
Typotheque shows how science and typography can unite to create accessible fonts for visually impaired readers and marginalized communities.
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Typotheque worked with the researchers of the National Centre of Ophthalmology in France to determine the ideal letter proportions for their visually impaired patients. Cognitive scientist Héctor Mangas will discuss a lab-based experiment developed to empirically improve and test the distance-reading legibility of new typefaces, tested on visually impaired readers, while type designer Peter Biľak will discuss the overall approach to designing fonts for inclusivity and accessibility. The resulting typeface was just published and Typotheque now works with marginalized linguistic communities and native designers to address their needs and support digitally disadvantaged languages of the world.
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.
Peter Biľak
Peter Biľak works in the field of editorial, graphic, and type design. In 1999 he started Typotheque type foundry. In 2000, together with Stuart Bailey, he co-founded art & design journal Dot Dot Dot. In 2012 he launched Works That Work, a magazine of unexpected creativity, and in 2015 together with Andrej Krátky he co-founded Fontstand.com, a font rental platform. Peter teaches at the Type & Media postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague.
Héctor Mangas
Héctor Mangas is Typotheque’s in-house cognitive researcher. He leads empirical studies on the legibility, accessibility, and social perception of type across scripts and user groups. Drawing on his background in cognitive psychology, his research informs the development of new projects at the foundry. He regularly shares research stories online, publishes in peer-reviewed journals, and presents his findings at industry conferences.
