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Shift CTRL 2016 Conference Trip Report

Posted on 2 June 2016 by slantedhall

The Shift CTRL (#shiftCTRL)—New Perspectives on Computing and New Media conference was held at Stanford University Humanities on Friday & Saturday, 6–7 May 2016, organized by Thomas S. Mullaney (@tsmullaney). This gathering was a follow-on to the American History Association … Continue reading →

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TypeCon 2014 Conference Trip Report

Posted on 12 September 2014 by slantedhall

27 Jun 2015 Update: Registration is now open for TypeCon 2015: Condensed, 12–16 August 2015 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Save $50 by first becoming a member of SOTA. Check out the great workshops and a preview of the program! Hope to … Continue reading →

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TypeCon 2013 Conference Trip Report

Posted on 7 September 2013 by slantedhall

Another great type design conference happened in Portland, Oregon, August 2013: TypeCon 2013: portl&. I ended up not taking as many notes, this year, so this trip report may be less extensive than the TypeCon 2012 trip report. The weekend … Continue reading →

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IBM 1403 inspired typeface update (Vietnamese added)

Posted on 7 August 2013 by slantedhall

I added a first pass at uppercase Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) to my IBM 1403 inspired monospace typeface. So, now, what started as a combination of the 52 characters represented by the A & H chains of the IBM 1403 printer has … Continue reading →

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IBM 1403 inspired typeface update (Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew)

Posted on 24 April 2013 by slantedhall

I’ve been busy. As a break, I added a first pass at uppercase Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew to the IBM 1403 inspired typeface. There are fun challenges in fitting these scripts into a fixed width (especially one set initially for … Continue reading →

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IBM 1403 inspired typeface update

Posted on 27 February 2013 by slantedhall

It’s been about a month since I started designing my IBM 1403 printer inspired typeface (initial post about it with an early sample image). The typeface has grown from 52 glyphs covering the A and H print chains to over 730 glyphs, … Continue reading →

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An IBM 1403 Printer Inspired Typeface (in progress)

Posted on 23 January 2013 by slantedhall

Backstory The other day, 18 January 2013, Mark VandeWettering (@brainwagon) wondered aloud on twitter about the existence of a typeface reminiscent of the IBM 1403 line printer. Mark wrote about his path to this query. Stan Paddock (his 1401 blog) had created a scanned font (artifacts and all) from … Continue reading →

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