One public lecture and two workshops in Aarhus at the new Typothon initiative in Denmark, all at a steal of a price!
Free time-limited workshop licenses for all workshop participants. Participants can purchase their own unlimited Glyphs license at a discount.
Lecture: Making a Difference with Fonts
- When?
Wednesday 9 May, 19.00 h
- Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
- Where?
- How much?
DKK 75 administration fee
- For whom?
Anybody interested in design.
Seating is limited, sign up quickly! - Prerequisites
- Links
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.
PLUS: Font Gamification. Can animations be put into fonts? And what about games? Learn the answer to these questions, and how Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked the development of an experimental font, in this short and fun presentation. Warning: Contains no prepared slides, all typing is done live.
Workshop: Start Your First Font
- When?
Thu 10 May, 10.00—17.00
Fri 11 May, 10.00—17.00
Sat 12 May, 10.00—12.30 - Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
- Where?
- How much?
DKK 1000 (Students: DKK 250)
- For whom?
Anyone interested in type design. No prior experience required. (Seating is limited, so sign up quickly.)
- Prerequisites
Bring your MacBook with Glyphs 2 preinstalled.
- Links
Introduction to type design with Glyphs: Learn how to sketch and digitise letters, derive more letter shapes from existing ones, add diacritics, test your font in Adobe or Mac apps, add OpenType features and effects.
Get your first font started! Continue at home and at your own pace with handouts you will receive at the workshop. Work in Glyphs with a special extended trial license and/or buy your own license at a discount.
Quick Workshop: Vector Animation with Variable Fonts
- When?
Saturday 12 May
14.00—16.00 approx - Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
- Where?
- How much?
DKK 150 (Students: DKK 75)
- For whom?
Anybody, no prior knowledge necessary. Especially interesting for graphic, type and web designers.
- Prerequisites
Bring your MacBook with Glyphs 2, Chrome and a plaintext editor (TextMate or SublimeText) preinstalled.
- 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, it’s easy.