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Register now for TypeCon2008! Along with reserving your seat at the main conference and special events, you have the opportunity to choose from a variety of focused optional workshops.
Regular registration - Extended through July 7
SOTA members: $275 pro/$145 student
Non-members: $320 pro/$165 student
Late/walk-up registration - after July 7
SOTA members: $320 pro/$165 student | Non-members: $375 pro/$185 student
Optional pre-conference workshops
Wednesday-Thursday, July 16-17 - 9:00 am-5:30 pm
$50 per half-day session
$100 per full-day session
plus materials/lab fees, if any
Type and Design Education Forum
Thursday, July 17 - 10:00 am-5:30 pm
$100 for the full session, including your choice of breakouts
We've had a number of requests from educators and designers who can't attend the full conference due to family and work commitments or teaching schedules. In order to allow more people to participate in this important event, we've opened up registration for the Education Forum and some optional workshops to non-TypeCon attendees.
TypeCon2008 Standalone Education Forum Registration
TypeCon2008 Standalone Workshop Registration
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Essential Info for TypeCon2008 AttendeesTuesday, July 15 5:55 am by Tamye RiggsDon't Forget Your Badge!
Please make sure to wear your badge at all times - you will not be admitted to TypeCon2008 events without it.
On-Site Check-In and Registration Information
Pre-registered conference attendees can pick up their badges and welcome bags at at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo, the main conference venue.
TypeCon2008 Registration Desk
Mezzanine Level Meeting Rooms
(up the escalators off the lobby, or button M on the elevator)
Hyatt Regency Buffalo
2 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 1-716-856-1234
http://buffalo.hyatt.com
Registration/check-in will take place the following days and times at the TypeCon2008 registration desk:
Wednesday, July 16, 3:00-6:00 pm
Thursday, July 17, 9:00 am-7:00 pm
Friday, July 18, 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday, July 19, 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Sunday, July 20, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Public Tickets Available For Stefan Sagmeister in BuffaloTuesday, July 8 5:34 pm by Tamye RiggsTypeCon is coming, and the Punkts are in town! SOTA is proud to present Stefan Sagmeister: Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far. Sagmeister's first Buffalo appearance is slated for Wednesday evening, July 16, at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, North Hall, 220 North Street, Buffalo, New York.
Doors open at 8:00 pm, with the presentation kicking off at 9:00 pm. His new book, Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far, will be available for purchase, and Stefan will sign copies on the spot. This evening is presented by The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) in association with Veer and the Type Directors Club (TDC).
This event is free and open to the public. A limited number of tickets for the general public are available on a first-come, first-served basis. TypeCon2008 attendees and SOTA members are guaranteed seating. No one will be admitted without a ticket, so get yours before they're all gone!
(TypeCon2008 attendees, note: If you are already registered for TypeCon2008 and signed up for the Sagmeister event at that time, you do not have to sign up again.)
TypeCon2008: The Punkts are Coming!Thursday, June 5 1:16 am by Tamye RiggsType comes alive at TypeCon2008: Punkt. From the irreverent to the serious, the eclectic to the traditional, and the modern to the historical, TypeCon2008 features more than 90 great names, including Chuck Bigelow, Roger Black, James Craig, John Downer, John Hudson, Dard Hunter III, Akira Kobayashi, Jan Middendorp, David Pankow, Liz Resnick, Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Spiekermann, Ilene Strizver, Jakob Trollbäck, House Industries, and NLXL.
Read more about TypeCon2008 and SOTA.
TypeCon2008 Program ScheduleWednesday, April 23 8:08 pm by Tamye RiggsTuesday, July 15
- Optional Tours - details to come
8:00 pm - Type-themed "Pecha Kucha Night" - an Evening of Mini Presentations From Design Legends and Rising Stars, Hallwalls Cinema
Wednesday, July 16
9:00 am-5:30 pm: Optional Workshops
Times TBA: Optional Tours - details to come
9:00 pm: An Evening with Stefan Sagmeister: Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far, Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, North Hall
Thursday, July 17
9:00 am-5:30 pm: Optional Workshops
9:00 am-5:30 pm: Type and Design Education Forum
Times TBA: Optional Tours - details to come
8:00 pm: Opening Night Extravaganza featuring Dutch Design Innovators NLXL, University at Buffalo
Friday, July 18
9:00 am-6:00 pm: TypeCon2008 Main Program, Hyatt Regency
9:00 am: Opening Remarks
9:15 am: David Pankow (Cary Collection/RIT) - Hermann Ihlenburg, Type Designer; or, Speed Dates with Nymphic, Phydian, and Bijou
10:00 am: Doyald Young - Dangerous Curves
11:00 am: Coffee Break/Book Signing
11:40 am: Type in 20: Will Powers (Minnesota Historical Society Press/Borealis Books) - “What’s a Ludlow?”, Richard Kegler (P22 type foundry) - The Jim Rimmer Project, Amelia Hugill-Fontanel (RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press) - Graphisme through Arts et Métiers Graphiques, David A. Moore - Ashton Made Me Do It
1:00 pm: Break for lunch on your own
2:30 pm: Dard Hunter III
3:15 pm: Indie Font Marketing Panel - John Collins (MyFonts), Patrick Griffin (Canada Type), Stephen Coles (FontShop/Typographica), Mike Cina (YouWorkForThem), Alejandro Paul (Sudtipos), and Jan Middendorp (moderator)
4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:30 pm: Jay Rutherford (Bauhaus University Weimar/The Rutherford Press) - Typoart: A Forgotten Legacy?
5:15 pm: Kim Elam (Ringling College of Art and Design) - Typographic Systems, Beyond the Grid
6:00 pm: Break for dinner on your own
8:00 pm: Erik Spiekermann at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Saturday, July 19
9:00 am-6:30 pm: TypeCon2008 Main Program, Hyatt Regency
9:00 am: Opening Remarks
9:15 am: Ken Barber (House Industries) - Learning from Lettering
10:00 am: Jakob Trollbäck (Trollbäck + Company) - Choreography for Type
10:45 am: Coffee Break
11:10 am: Type in 20: Gary Munch (Munchfonts) - Open Stroke Surgery: A Dissection of Letterform Bodyparts into Modular Elements for a Flexible Prototyping Base Font, David Shields (University of Texas at Austin) - Considering Rob Roy Kelly's American Wood Type Collection, Simon Daniels (Microsoft) - Matthew Carters Fonts For Microsoft, and Anthony Rozak (University at Buffalo) and David Rozak (United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD) - A Concept Related DNA Font for the Visual Analysis of Genetic Data
12:30 pm: Mike Parker (Font Bureau)
1:15 pm: Break for lunch on your own
2:30 pm: Type in 20: Steve Matteson (Ascender) - Google's Droid Fonts, Ben van Dyke (University at Buffalo), Justine Nagan (Kartemquin Films) - Typeface: A Documentary Work in Progress
3:30 pm: Chuck Bigelow (RIT)
4:15 pm: Coffee Break
4:45 pm: Contextual Letterforms Presentation and Discussions: John Hudson (Tiro Typeworks), Eben Sorkin, Paul Hunt (Pilcrow Type/Typophile), and Kent Lew (moderator)
6:05 pm: On Noordzij: Stephen Coles (FontShop/Typographica) and Erik van Blokland (LettError)
6:30 pm: Break
8:30 pm: Alpha Crazy, a Celebration - buffet dinner, drinks, Type Quiz, music, dancing, and surprises
Sunday, July 20
9:00 am-6:00 pm: TypeCon2008 Main Program, Hyatt Regency
9:45 am: Opening Remarks
9:50 am: Web Fonts/Embedding Presentations and Discussion - Simon Daniels (Microsoft), Adam Twardoch (FontLab/MyFonts), Roger Black (Font Bureau), Ted Harrison (FontLab), Erik van Blokland (LettError), Christopher Slye (Adobe), Zara Evens (Punchcut/Typophile), and Bill Davis (Ascender)
11:10 am: Coffee Break
11:40 am: Type in 20: Christopher Slye (Adobe) - Revising the Adobe Type Library, Carl Crossgrove (Monotype Imaging) - Type Classification: A Flatland, Nancy Sharon Collins (AIGA New Orleans/Loyola University) - Etiquette and Typography, Milka Broukhim (Art Center College of Design)
1:00 pm: Break for lunch on your own
Type Critiques Sessions - John Downer, Akira Kobayashi (Linotype), Mike Parker (Font Bureau)
2:30 pm: Thomas Milo (Decotype)
3:15 pm: Juliet Shen (Shen Design/School of Visual Concepts) - The Initial Teaching Alphabet: The Effect of Typographic Design on the Life of an Alternative Alphabet
4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:45 pm: Paul Shaw - The Myth of the Renaissance Constructed Roman Capital
5:30 pm: Jan Middendorp - Type as Image, Image as Type
6:15 pm: Closing Remarks
6:30 pm: Break and board buses or drive
6:45 pm: Closing Night Gathering at the Roycroft Rooms may still be available at the HyattWednesday, April 23 12:21 am by Tamye RiggsSOLD OUT, BUT KEEP TRYING!!
Our block is way oversold and the hotel is sold out, but you might still be able to get a room if someone cancels.
The TypeCon2008 conference hotel and headquarters is the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo. The center of activity for TypeCon2008, the Hyatt is in a terrific central location near to the main workshop venue, dining, and nightlife.
The Buffalo Hyatt Regency has just installed the wonderful Grand Beds we enjoyed so much in Boston. The Hyatt has plenty of space for us, an inviting restaurant and lounge in the atrium, an award-winning steakhouse on the premises, fitness center, and many other amenities.
The Hyatt Regency is offering TypeCon2008 attendees an incredible rate - just $109 (plus taxes) per night for single/double rooms (this rate is before our June 18 cut-off - rate is now subject to availability on the day of booking). This is an amazing deal in Buffalo during the height of summer, and the hotel is completely sold out during TypeCon2008.
Online booking is no longer available within the TypeCon group. To book by phone, call the Hyatt Reservations Department at 1-800-233-1234 and mention TypeCon and Group Code G-SOTA.
Hyatt Regency Buffalo
Two Fountain Plaza,
Buffalo, New York 14202
Tel: +1 716 856 1234
Fax: +1 716 852 6157
Google Map of the Hyatt Regency Buffalo location
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RSS feed | All posts This is TypeCon!Wednesday, July 23 7:50 pm by Simon DanielsThe National Post sent a reporter down for the day. Here's her report. She nailed it. She totally nailed it. Maybe. All the Posts Fit to PrintWednesday, July 23 7:48 pm by Simon DanielsAll the TypeCon Buffalo posts in one place. The Font Love Triangle: Foundry, Reseller, Going it AloneWednesday, July 23 4:10 pm by Simon DanielsTo be honest Friday’s TypeCon independence panel was a little unfocussed. But have no fear, Stephen Coles has the definitive breakdown for font designers trying to choose between licensing their font through a foundry, a reseller or going it alone. How was it for you? Wednesday, July 23 10:41 am by Simon DanielsGot your post TypeCon check list right here...
1. Post a thank you on the TypeCon thanks thread at Typophile.
2. Post pics to Flickr.
3. Track down the stolen TypeCrit poster.
4. Start planning to be in Atlanta next year. SpeakUp - Highlights from TypeCon Tuesday, July 22 12:52 pm by Simon DanielsArmin Vit with his TypeCon highlights. Web Fonts Panel Follow UpTuesday, July 22 10:31 am by Simon DanielsFor the first half Adam did a great non-partisan account of the history and various technologies associated with fonts on the Web. It was very clear and concise.
Bill Davis (Ascender) announced fontembedding.com – education around embedding issues, and a possible EOT (Embedded OpenType) business model. How do you charge for EOTs - per hit, web site size? I suggested that thousands of bloggers would be willing to pay $5 to use an embedded version of Gotham (or maybe Optima) on their blogs - the “make EOT” feature on fontembedding.com looks promising as the basis of licensing EOTs.
Ted Harrison (FontLab) announced www.eeulaa.org – latest incarnation of the electronic EULA effort. Christopher Slye voiced concerns around the legal implications. I said that I doubted it would get into OpenType due to these concerns, but another option for supporters of the technology would be to bypass MS and Adobe and take the fight to ISO (not trivial).
Read the rest of this entry » TypeCon is Over :-(Monday, July 21 10:04 am by Simon DanielsIf you spot any press/blog/TV coverage of TypeCon 2008 please send us a link via blog@typecon.com and we'll post a link here. Thanks everyone for making TypeCon 2008 “THE BEST EVER” and see you next year in Atlanta.
Links... Digital Arts on P22 Stern, ArtVoice on Rich, Carima, P22, WNYBAC and TypeCon, ILT on Stern (again). To Catch A ThiefSunday, July 20 5:39 pm by Simon DanielsThe TypeCrit poster, hand drawn by John Downer, and sheduled to be given to industry veteran Mike Parker as a special gift went missing last night. Calls for a no-questions-asked return have gone un-heeded.
John Downer writes... “I am offering a REWARD for info leading to the return of the sign (which was to be a gift to Mike Parker). The reward is not monetary, it is a personalized, custom sign made by me for the person who snitches on the thief.” Happy Birthday to Stewf Sunday, July 20 4:37 pm by Simon DanielsWhat could be better than your birthday coinciding with TypeCon? Nothing.
Stewfcake reposted with permission from Dyana. Slugfest at the AirportSunday, July 20 4:25 pm by Simon DanielsThe blogger has left the building, waiting for his flight home to Seattle. I let the TSA know I had a lump of lead in my backpack and they said they'd had a few come through. I let them know they'd be a few more. Thanks Buffalo, SoTA and everyone (speakers, attendees and volunteers) for a great event. See you next year in Atlanta! www.fontembedding.comSunday, July 20 9:07 am by Simon DanielsAscender launches www.fontembedding.com a Web, a resource for designers, developers and typeface creators on font usage, technology and licensing issues. Join the discussion this morning at TypeCon or online at the site. Read the press release online. Oh Atlanta for Oh Nine Sunday, July 20 1:10 am by Simon DanielsThe great city of Atlanta has been announced at the venue for TypeCon 2009. No dates yet but details to be revealed at some unspecified date in the future. A Stern Look on You TubeSunday, July 20 12:32 am by Simon DanielsP22 posts a Stern video clip to the crazy video service all the kids are talking about. Hudson’s Font Cult?Sunday, July 20 12:13 am by Simon DanielsDespite denials, rumors persist that BC based type designer John Hudson has formed some kind of crazy Canadian font cult.
In other news John celbrates his 40th birthday today. Happy Birthday John! 2008 SOTA Typography AwardSaturday, July 19 11:52 pm by Simon DanielsIn a special presentation Gerrit Noordzij was awarded the TypeCon 2008 SOTA Typography Award. A delegation will deliver the prize to him later in the year. EvB wins FontLab book in Type QuizSaturday, July 19 11:31 pm by Simon Daniels
Tiffany is Typophile of the YearSaturday, July 19 11:22 pm by Simon DanielsWith 18 points and sudden death playoff Tiffany was declared Typophile of the Year in the TypeCon quiz. Still from a video clip...
 Murder, he spokeSaturday, July 19 4:22 pm by Simon DanielsMike Parker presented newly unearthed evidence in his on-going quest to credit the design of Times to American daredevil Starling Burgess. Those expecting a smoking gun were disappointed. The gun was never discovered. More back-story on the Typophile wiki (hopefully to be soon updated with the new info). However, Mike did produce a type specimen for a new Font Bureau version of Times dubbed Starling.
Read the rest of this entry » Spiekermann in Rare FormFriday, July 18 11:41 pm by Simon DanielsSir Erik's return to TypeCon went down a storm, lots of new material, Microsoft roasting and no F*'s (as far I could count). At the after-party in the sculpture garden Erik revealed that he's investing in a San Francisco chocolate factory.
Read the rest of this entry » Sign up for Type CritFriday, July 18 5:14 pm by Simon DanielsSign up form is posted next to the TypeCon registration desk.
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