We are happy to announce that we will be at Nancy this year, present in the goody bag, the workshops, and with a lecture.
Lecture: Type Design and Politics – Making a Difference with Fonts
- When?
Monday, 19 February 2018, 19:00
- Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
- Where?
ARTEM Campus, Amphithéâtre ICN, Nancy
- How much?
- For whom?
- Prerequisites
- Links
No one will argue that design can be political. But type design? Contrary to popular belief, fonts are not merely beautiful hobbies for type nerds or simple tools for any task, but can really make a difference. Join Rainer Scheichelbauer on a tour through the political side of type design.
Workshop: Glyphs Crashcourse
- When?
Monday, 19 February 2018,
11.00 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 15.30
Duration: 3 hours - Who?
Georg Seifert
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - Where?
ARTEM Campus, Amphithéâtre ICN, Nancy
on the 3rd floor of the ENSAD (Nancy art school), 50m from the conference venue - How much?
Free for conference attendees.
- For whom?
Beginners, no prior knowledge of type design required.
- Prerequisites
Bring your MacBook with Glyphs 2 preinstalled. No prior type design experience required.
- Links
Jump into type design with Glyphs! We will start a sans-serif design in Glyphs and see how far we get in the 3 hours we have.
Workshop: Variable Font Animation in Glyphs
- When?
Tuesday, 20 February 2018,
11.00 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 15.30
Duration: 3 hours - Who?
Georg Seifert
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - Where?
ARTEM Campus, Amphithéâtre ICN, Nancy
on the 3rd floor of the ENSAD (Nancy art school), 50m from the conference venue - How much?
Free for conference attendees.
- For whom?
Advanced workshop: some experience in type design is assumed.
- Prerequisites
Bring your MacBook with Glyphs 2 preinstalled. No prior type design experience required.
- Links
In this workshop, we will build a vector animation and bring it to life in a web browser, with some simple HTML and CSS. It’s cool, it’s fun, don’t miss this.