Tag Archives: typography

Type Design Conferences

Posted on 18 August 2017 by slantedhall

There are a number of great type design & typography related conferences happening around the world, these days. Several conferences coming up include: TypeCon (@typecon, @typesociety)— 23–27 August 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1–5 August 2018, Portland, Oregon, USA. My TypeCon trip reports: … Continue reading →

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TypeCon 2015 Conference Trip Report

Posted on 10 February 2016 by slantedhall

TypeCon (@typecon / @typesociety) was held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 12–16 August 2015. Though attendance seemed lighter this year, it was another great conference. Lots of good folk, past attendees, and ones at their first TypeCon. In between TypeCon and finishing up this … 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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1403 Vintage Mono font used in book cover design for Grantland’s sports analytics compilation book

Posted on 23 February 2014 by slantedhall

[tweet https://twitter.com/composerjk/status/435685179454013440 width=”150″ align=”right”] While preparing to teach and work with some fabulous 6-12 grade movement teachers about social partner dancing at the 2014 Movement Education Week (@HealthyMovement), I heard an update from one of our typeface customers. Our 1403 Vintage Mono … Continue reading →

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Font Aid VII: The Philippines — the sun glyph I submitted

Posted on 7 December 2013 by slantedhall

In November 2013, the Society of Typographic Aficionados (@typesociety) organized Font Aid VII: The Philippines. This project will produce a symbol typeface of images based on the eight-rayed sun of the Philippine flag, submitted by type designers from around the world. Sales of … 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 →

Posted in 1403 vintage mono pro, typeface, typography | Tagged computer history, cyrillic, fonts, greek, hebrew, IBM, IBM 1401, IBM 1403, monospaced, typeface, typography | 7 Comments

TYPOSF 2013 Conference Trip Report

Posted on 19 April 2013 by slantedhall

On 10-11 April 2013, I attended the TYPOSF 2013 conference (@typosf) at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (@ybca) in San Francisco, California. It was more of a design conference with a side of type design. Though I’m more interested in the … 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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