blog@typecon.com email address retired
Friday, August 22 1:19 pm by Simon Daniels
As the conference has been over for a month, we’re taking the blog@typecon.com email address off-line. If you have TypeCon related news feel free to contact the bloggers or organizers directly.
Charter School Newspaper
Thursday, August 21 4:02 pm by Simon Daniels
Article in Buffalo Business First about the Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School newspaper project. Link via Elizabeth Dearborn via Typophile.
Rugen's Report
Monday, August 4 6:45 am by Stephen Coles
TypeCon regular Chris Rugen offers a detailed and illustrated report of his TypeCon2008 experience. Know of other written reviews? Shoot us a mail and we'll post 'em here.
Hillary Loves TypeCon
Saturday, August 2 12:07 pm by Simon Daniels
“I am pleased to welcome all of the TypeCon delegates from all over the world who are gathered for your 10th annual conference.” Read the rest from Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Senator, over at Flickr. Thanks Stewf for uploading.
A Day to Remember
Friday, August 1 6:14 pm by Simon Daniels
The TypeCon Flickr group continues to slowly fill up. And amongst the pics you occasionally hit upon a gem like this one with a story attached.
John Berry on Stern
Friday, July 25 12:23 am by Simon Daniels
Stern continues to stir up interest, as in this article from John Berry.
Stefan Sagmeister Buffalo Poster
Thursday, July 24 12:57 pm by Simon Daniels
You too can get saucy for $20 (plus shipping).
This is TypeCon!
Wednesday, July 23 7:50 pm by Simon Daniels
The 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 Print
Wednesday, July 23 7:48 pm by Simon Daniels
All the TypeCon Buffalo posts in one place.
The Font Love Triangle: Foundry, Reseller, Going it Alone
Wednesday, July 23 4:10 pm by Simon Daniels
To 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 Daniels
Got 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 Daniels
Armin Vit with his TypeCon highlights.
Web Fonts Panel Follow Up
Tuesday, July 22 10:31 am by Simon Daniels
For 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).
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TypeCon is Over :-(
Monday, July 21 10:04 am by Simon Daniels
If 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 Thief
Sunday, July 20 5:39 pm by Simon Daniels
The 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 Daniels
What could be better than your birthday coinciding with TypeCon? Nothing.
Stewfcake reposted with permission from Dyana.
Slugfest at the Airport
Sunday, July 20 4:25 pm by Simon Daniels
The 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.com
Sunday, July 20 9:07 am by Simon Daniels
Ascender 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 Daniels
The 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 Tube
Sunday, July 20 12:32 am by Simon Daniels
P22 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 Daniels
Despite 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 Award
Saturday, July 19 11:52 pm by Simon Daniels
In 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 Quiz
Saturday, July 19 11:31 pm by Simon Daniels
Tiffany is Typophile of the Year
Saturday, July 19 11:22 pm by Simon Daniels
With 18 points and sudden death playoff Tiffany was declared Typophile of the Year in the TypeCon quiz. Still from a video clip...
Murder, he spoke
Saturday, July 19 4:22 pm by Simon Daniels
Mike 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.
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Spiekermann in Rare Form
Friday, July 18 11:41 pm by Simon Daniels
Sir 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.
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Sign up for Type Crit
Friday, July 18 5:14 pm by Simon Daniels
Sign up form is posted next to the TypeCon registration desk.
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Stern Metal Available Now
Friday, July 18 1:45 pm by Simon Daniels
The (16pt on 18pt body) metal version of Stern is shipped from Pie Tree foundry in Vancouver, BC. It is cast to order by Jim Rimmer using foundry metal. Delivery may take a few weeks depending on when you order and where you live. Order your set today.
At TypeCon the Music is Piped in
Friday, July 18 1:21 pm by Simon Daniels
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Proclamation for the Typo Nation
Friday, July 18 1:12 pm by Simon Daniels
Buffalo’s mayor declares this week Type Week!
Rich gets Stern
Friday, July 18 11:15 am by Simon Daniels
Rich Kegler unveils Stern the first font ever to be simultaneously released in metal and digital form. The font was designed by Vancouver’s Jim Rimmer. Rich is currently working on a documentary on the process of developing the font and showed a short snippet of footage he shot in Vancouver when visiting Jim. In true TypeCon tradition he’s scouting for producers to help complete the work.
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Spiekermann Sells Out!
Friday, July 18 9:56 am by Simon Daniels
The Friday evening Erik Spiekermann show is sold out, but according to Kent a few public seats may be released at the venue at 6pm. If you didn’t get a ticket arrive early for your best chance to see the good professor’s talk. In other news Sunday’s Roycroft is sold out too.
More DIY Woodtype Fun
Friday, July 18 9:38 am by Simon Daniels
Shelly Bronson writes, “What a great time! The DIY Dada workshop was a load of fun--a great group of folks and some really amazing pieces. I've attached some photos of the day. Time allowed for everyone to set and print one piece AND we worked as a group to set the final poster piece.”
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Shu's After Party Night 2
Friday, July 18 1:36 am by Simon Daniels
Some pics from this evenings after party in Shu's suite...
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Get your Spiekerfix pre Spiekertalk
Thursday, July 17 11:48 pm by Simon Daniels
Read the Erik Spiekermann interview from the Numbers edition of Design Mind.
NLXL
Thursday, July 17 10:26 pm by Simon Daniels
TypeCon 2008 proper kicked off with an opening night adventure with Dutch design greats NLXL - the trio is on the hunt for “donated” fonts, so far they can afford only one. It kept me on the edge of my seat for a full two hours. An evening of multiple stimuli - sight and sound, taste and touch. This exciting event took place at the cool campus of TypeCon partner, the University at Buffalo, home to an exceptional design program full of students and faculty in love with type.
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Mark Simonson with the 3D Backstory
Thursday, July 17 3:56 pm by Simon Daniels
Blog post reveals the details, how a 3D fridge drew him into the world of TypeCon.
TypeCon Mention in Local Paper
Thursday, July 17 3:27 pm by Simon Daniels
Story on Shakespeare folio mentions Central Library exhibit, describes TypeCon... “a conference of 400 people involved in creating and marketing of computer typefaces.”
In Unicode We Trust
Thursday, July 17 3:12 pm by Simon Daniels
John Hudson pledges an oath of allegiance to Unicode 5.0.
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Helvetica for iTunes for like for iEver
Thursday, July 17 2:38 pm by Simon Daniels
Helvetica, the film, got its start at TypeCon 2006 with a four minute teaser. It had its Seattle premiere last year at TypeCon, and to coincide with TypeCon 2008 it’s now available from iTunes – where it’s the number 1 documentary! Director Gary Hustwit can’t make it to TypeCon this year but sends his best wishes via Typophile.
DIY woodtype
Thursday, July 17 1:13 pm by Simon Daniels
Beautiful images of the DIY Dada woodtype workshop. Shelly Bronson of French Press teaching, sent these yesterday.
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Blogger en-route to Buffalo
Thursday, July 17 1:14 am by Simon Daniels
Flight’s boarding, but I’ve surely got time for a quick beer? Make it a large for a dollar more? Why not!
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TypeCon Night One
Thursday, July 17 12:40 am by Simon Daniels
Arrived too late to see Stefan Sagmeister, but his talk got rave reviews. Check out Laurence Penney's and Grant Hutchinson's photos on Flickr. Follow the "more" link for my pics at the bar and at Shu's super-secret after party.
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Sign not of the Times
Wednesday, July 16 8:34 am by Simon Daniels
TypeCon2008: Punkt continues today with a public sign painting demonstration from the steady hand and keen eye of John Downer. The site of this real time display of the art of window painting is the Western NY Book Arts Center at 468 Washington & E. Mohawk (a very short walk from the Hyatt hotel). From 11 till 3 today, stop by and gawk or stop by at some point during the conference to see the end results. (WNYBAC not currently open for regular gallery hours)
Pre-Conference Workshop Check-In and Locations
Wednesday, July 16 12:47 am by Tamye Riggs
***The following information is essential for anyone who has registered for a TypeCon workshop Wednesday and Thursday, July 16-17. Please read the whole thing, or refer to your email instructions on where to go.
Those attendees pre-registered for optional workshops (Wednesday and Thursday, July 16 and 17) may check in at workshop locations with or without a badge. You must bring your government-issued photo ID with you in order to check in.
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Goody Bag Sneak Peek
Tuesday, July 15 2:54 pm by Simon Daniels
How much more orange could they be? The Dutch will love them.
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Almost Ready...
Tuesday, July 15 2:50 pm by Simon Daniels
An army of volunteers puts the final finishing touches to the grand ballroom at the Buffalo Hyatt.
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Photos Please
Tuesday, July 15 10:34 am by Simon Daniels
Not that we don't like looking at folks pretty typographic pictures and art - but we want to see Buffalo stuff on the Flickr feed. So get to it!
TypeCon Tonight: Pecha Kucha!
Tuesday, July 15 9:20 am by Tamye Riggs
Tuesday Night, July 15
Type-themed "Pecha Kucha Night"
Hallwalls Cinema
8:00 pm
Doors Open at 7:00 pm
Admission: Free for TypeCon2008 attendees/$5 general public
Anyone who has attended a Pecha Kucha night before knows that the keys to the event are its fast pace and visual punch. Each presenter is allowed exactly 20 images, each shown for exactly 20 seconds, adding up to 6 minutes and 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. Time limits are strictly adhered to, and anything goes – from short films to bagpipe accompaniment to super-hot product design.
The TypeCon2008 edition of Pecha Kucha brings a stellar line-up of presenters from Buffalo and beyond: Julian Montague, Rick Griffith, Mark and Jill Wisz (OtherWisz), Stephen Coles, Greg Meadows, Mark Brickey (Hero Design Studio), Shasti O'Leary Soudant, Mark Byk and Kristine Tortora (AmpersandAmpersand), Brian Maloney, and Emily Luce.
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/buffalo/7
TwitterCon
Monday, July 14 10:42 pm by Stephen Coles
Those who Twitter can chime in on the communal chatter of fellow attendees by using the hashtag #TypeCon, and follow the official TypeCon Twitter feed for breaking news throughout the conference. For those who don’t Twitter (or haven’t a clue what I’m muttering about), this blog is still the place to get conference news, but twitters are quick, timely bits that will be sent directly to your mobile phone, iPhone, or other personal communications device as soon as they’re posted. Have a look.
Meet me at TypeCon
Monday, July 14 9:41 pm by Simon Daniels
The Typophile typorati prep for the big event.
Hotel Network News
Monday, July 14 9:28 pm by Simon Daniels
Kent Lew kindly forward some details on the internet access provided by the Hyatt. As always, the organizers have fearlessly negotiated on behalf of TypeCon hotel guests to get internet access included for free. On check-in you should get a nice letter from the hotel outlining the details. It's free wifi in the lobby with your special SOTA password. Hyatt hotel guests have free wired Ethernet internet in their sleeping rooms (you might snag a wifi signal from outside, but we can't guarantee it). However, please be aware that when you log on to the net in your room it might appear as if an access fee is being charged! Yikes? No, have no fear the charges will miraculously disappear at check-out - you might have to gently remind the front desk clerk that you are part of the TypeCon group, and to remove the internet fees from your bill.
Training for TypeCon
Monday, July 14 3:10 pm by Simon Daniels
With the start just days away, maybe I've left my training regime a bit late. But I will do what I can to get in shape for TypeCon...
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The Buffalo News: TypeCon
Monday, July 14 10:26 am by Simon Daniels
A sweet write up by Colin Dabkowski on TypeCon, appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Buffalo News.
A Sign That TypeCon is Nearly Here
Sunday, July 13 6:13 pm by Simon Daniels
John Downer provides a sneak peek at the TypeCrit sign up promo.
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Super Special TypeCon2008 Opening Event: Exhibition, Lecture, and Party with NLXL
Sunday, July 13 12:42 pm by Tamye Riggs
If there's one event you go to at TypeCon, it's NLXL at UB.
The fabulous Dutch design trio from NLXL in The Hague - Bob van Dijk, Joost Roozekrans and Oscar Smeulders - will be delivering the keynote address on Thursday night at 8 pm at UB's Center for the Arts, North Campus. In addition to the keynote lecture, an exhibition of their work is on display, as well as a post-lecture party and DJ/VJ performance by NLXL. Arrive early to see the exhibition, stay late to party! 7:00 pm - Midnight. Round-trip buses will be available from the Hyatt to UB for TypeCon2008 full-conference registrants. This event is free and open to the public, and there is plenty of room for everyone!
TypeCon Tours
Thursday, July 10 10:05 am by Simon Daniels
For those with free time and an interest in American architecture, there are organized tours, check out GreaterBuffalo.Blogs.com and www.buffalotours.org/walkingtours.html, and don’t forget the Forest Lawn Cemetery Tour. Also of interest is the Buffalo Type Flickr group, with pics of amazing Buffalo lettering.
Typographic Excursion to RIT - July 15
Tuesday, July 8 5:30 pm by Simon Daniels
Take advantage of an opportunity to visit the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at RIT. David Pankow, the curator, will show rare typographic treasures from the collection, including the recently acquired original drawings and final artwork for Hermann Zapf’s seminal work Feder und Stichel (Pen and Graver). Visitors will also be able to view an exhibition of Artists’ Books from the RIT collections in the Cary showcases.
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Michelle Hill: A Six Pack for Your Thoughts
Monday, July 7 4:34 pm by Simon Daniels
Buffalo marks Michelle Hill’s sixth TypeCon. Last year she simultaneously served as official TypeCon Seattle volunteer wrangler, and became the Microsoft typography group’s newest employee. In the run up to TypeCon we ask her to come clean with six probing questions.
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Questions for Juliet Shen
Monday, July 7 12:54 pm by Simon Daniels
I asked Juliet Shen some questions. Here are her answers...
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More Food
Monday, July 7 12:17 pm by Simon Daniels
Paul Hunt with his picks of good eats in Buffalo, off the beaten track.
Starbucks? No Thanks, I’m Canadian
Monday, July 7 10:29 am by Simon Daniels
The hunt is on for the best coffee in Buffalo. Follow the typophile thread as the font world’s biggest coffee lovers try to track it down.
Eben Faces the Camera
Monday, July 7 8:31 am by Simon Daniels
He's a regular on typophile, took thousands of photos at TypeCon Seattle, and he'll be on the other side of the lens as a speaker at TypeCon Buffalo. He's Eben Sorkin, and we cornered him with seven TypeCon related questions...
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Six Degress of Miguel Sousa
Monday, July 7 12:02 am by Simon Daniels
Blogged on the sixth of July - six questions for Miguel Sousa.
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Seventh Heaven for John Downer
Saturday, July 5 9:50 am by Simon Daniels
John Downer, sign painter and type designer, has been a regular TypeCon participant since 2001, and this will be his seventh conference. We discover the secrets that keep him coming back.
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Obsolete books
Friday, July 4 9:23 am by Simon Daniels
TypeCon2008 Conference event series - The Art of the Letterform: Treasures from the Grosvenor Rare Book Room. The exhibit will be on display Monday to Saturday, 8:30am to 6:00pm, July 14 through the end of August at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, One Lafayette Square, Buffalo.
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Six Questions for Gerry Leonidas
Friday, July 4 7:32 am by Simon Daniels
Second in a series probing the minds of TypeCon speakers and participants. He runs the MA in Type Design at Reading, and is the go-to guy on all things Greek. He’s Gerry Leonidas.
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Punkt Rock - Typecon after hours
Thursday, July 3 5:10 pm by Simon Daniels
Who: Odiorne, The Seriffics and Etaoin Shrdlu
Where: Mohawk Place, 47 East Mohawk St. Buffalo
When: Friday July 18, 11pm (doors 10)
Tax: $5 general admission (free for Typecon attendees)
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Five Questions for John Hudson
Thursday, July 3 5:01 pm by Simon Daniels
First in a series. Our fearless blogger has more questions than answers for TypeCon participants. First up John Hudson.
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Droids Programmed to do no Evil
Tuesday, July 1 5:22 pm by Simon Daniels
What can you tell about a phone from its font? It’s interesting to contrast Nokia, with its religious devotion to Nokia Sans, with Apple, and the iPhone’s Helvetica and supporting cast of Microsoft and Monotype fonts, with Windows Mobile and its move from Matthew Carters Nina to a more traditional humanist sans. All of these choices seem somewhat predictable, somewhat conservative, and somewhat boring. With this in mind there was quite a stir on the blogs when Google said that the Android phone platform would boast its own set of custom fonts, known as the Droid family of fonts.
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Spiekermann Returns…
Tuesday, July 1 10:52 am by Simon Daniels
2008 marks the welcome return of self-described typomaniac Professor Erik Spiekermann to both TypeCon and ATypI. Those of us that didn’t make it to TypoBerlin have had to visit his occasionally updated blog, or put the Helvetica movie on repeat to get our weekly fix of “Spiekerwisdom.” The official TypeCon schedule reveals little, promising no more than “typographic tales,” but after what seems like several years in the wilderness, I for one can’t wait to hear what revelations he has for the typo-faithful.
TypeCon Partners Making an Exhibition of Themselves
Monday, June 30 10:54 pm by Simon Daniels
Additional exhibits in Buffalo during TypeCon at partner sites.
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The Menu of the Venue
Monday, June 30 10:50 pm by Simon Daniels
The official TypeCon Buffalo restaurant guide is now online (PDF Link), and can be accessed any time from the TypeCon hotels page.
EEULAA, Putting the ExtrA into the EULA
Monday, June 30 3:40 pm by Simon Daniels
Ted Harrision reports that the Electronic EULA working group has just launched EEULAA.org. Which he describes as... “an improvement on the wiki which we set up a couple years ago to develop the datapoints for the EEULAA. It shows the current status of the datapoints but also includes a wiki for further discussion and development.”
Don’t forget Toronto!
Monday, June 30 7:53 am by Laurence Penney
If you still haven’t booked your flight to TypeCon, then consider flying into Toronto. It’s a bigger airport, so there may well be more and cheaper flights. Best of all, the Megabus ride from downtown Toronto to Buffalo only takes a little over 2 hours and costs about $9!
Dangerous Curves... Ahead
Saturday, June 28 9:40 am by Simon Daniels
Doyald Young is a featured speaker at TypeCon this year, you can read a review of his latest book Dangerous Curves at Typographica and follow this thread on Typophile.
Get Your Typeface Reviewed by the Masters
Friday, June 27 4:02 pm by Tamye Riggs
It's become a tradition - Matthew Carter, John Downer, and Akira Kobayashi will once again donate their time and expertise to lead their famous Type Critique sessions during TypeCon. These masters of the craft will offer gentle, constructive criticism to ten designers submitting a single type design for review.
UPDATE - Our dear friend Matthew cannot make it for the Type Critiques this year. Standing in for him will be Mike Parker of Font Bureau. Mike was the director of new type development at Mergenthaler Linotype (the top type position in the world at the time) for two decades before going on to digital pioneering at Bitstream and FB. He is a good friend of Matthew's and has worked with him for many years. We are delighted that Mike will join John and Akira in this year's Type Critiques!
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No Room at the Inn?
Thursday, June 26 8:13 am by Simon Daniels
According to the organizers, the conference hotel is sold out on some nights during TypeCon. Although SOTA is trying to secure additional rooms at the Hyatt, they are suggesting local alternates.
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Keeping TypeCon a Wardrobe Malfunction Free Zone
Wednesday, June 25 1:27 pm by Simon Daniels
Type designers and font folks generally come in two modes. There are the well dressed dapper dons generally from Europe or the East Coast who totally look the part – prime examples being Roger Black, Erik Spiekermann, Nadine Chahine, and Jay Rutherford. At the other extreme there are the jeans and T-shirt brigade, generally hailing from the Midwest and West Coast – see exhibits A, B, and C. Whichever end of the typographic spectrum you’ll need to put in some effort. Dragging out that tired KERN zip-up or last year’s T-shirt will win you no friends. The key is to make an effort, keep it real, but don’t go too far... unlike these guys, pictured during TypeCon Seattle and New York.
Web Fonts Panel Update
Wednesday, June 25 10:26 am by Simon Daniels
We’re pleased to report that Erik van Blokland has agreed to join the TypeCon Web Fonts panel discussion scheduled for the morning of Sunday July 20. Erik and longtime LettError collaborator Just van Rossum were amongst the first type designers to highlight the dangers of “embedded fonts”, especially with respect to the web. The concerns they expressed in the mid-90’s now appear to have been realized in browser support for downloadable fonts, so it will be interesting and revealing to get Erik’s thoughts on what got us to this point and where we go from here.
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Si Daniels joins TypeCon Buffalo crew as “Live Blogger”
Tuesday, June 24 10:46 am by Simon Daniels
In a somewhat controversial move the TypeCon organizers have invited Microsoft’s Si Daniels to contribute live blog posts during the conference. With over ten years of blogging experience, and a special unrestricted back-stage access VIP pass, we expect he’ll uncover interesting stories and tidbits from speakers and attendees alike. If you have something you’d like him to mention, or are making any big announcements at the event, drop him (and the rest of the blogging crew) a mail via blog@typecon.com.
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Web Fonts Episode IV, A New Hope?
Tuesday, June 24 9:43 am by Simon Daniels
Join us Sunday morning for the latest round of lively, charged debate around the thorny issue of fonts on the web. During a panel discussion at TypeCon Boston the community raised concerns around calls for browsers to start supporting raw font downloads. The “Web Fonts” scheme calls for fonts to be posted on web servers, downloaded and temporarily installed by browsers in order to render web pages. Earlier this year Apple’s Safari browser became the first to support the system.
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Donate Your Typographic Treasures to SOTA’s Fundraiser!
Sunday, June 8 11:36 am by Tamye Riggs
Our silent auction was so well received over the last couple of years that instead of holding a traditional-style auction at TypeCon2008, SOTA is planning another unique area in the marketplace where rare and valuable collectibles can be found… A place where your inner treasure-seeker can possess and fondle that special piece of typographic history… A place to find a little something for yourself, or a gift for that very special type geek in your life.
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Call for Submissions: TypeGallery2008 - Deadline July 9, 2008
Sunday, June 8 10:52 am by Tamye Riggs
SOTA is presenting its eighth unjuried showcase of new typeface design at TypeCon2008. This show is part of an international exhibition of type, graphic design, and special exhibits that will be on display at the conference.
Typefaces shown at TypeCon2008 will eventually become part of a permanent online showcase, and many works will travel internationally after the conference. Some works may also be selected for print publication by SOTA.
Please visit the TypeGallery website for complete details and to download submission forms.
I love the smell of Cheerios in the morning. It smells like... Buffalo!
Sunday, June 1 1:25 am by Tamye Riggs
By Richard Kegler
The aroma wafting from the General Mills factory in Buffalo is unlike any urban odor you would expect from a post-industrial Rust Belt city. The steel mills are now closed, but General Mills still cranks out toasty goodness (alternating between Cheerios and Cocoa Puffs) that can be detected from miles away. This is but one of the pleasant surprises to be found in Buffalo, New York.
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TypeCon.com: New and Improved
Monday, May 5 8:14 pm by Shu Lai
Well, it is a bit late, but as promised here is the unveiling of the brand new, built from scratch, TypeCon.com. We went all out on this one and there are going to be a few bumps in the road. This new system (we hope) will allow us to serve up rich content easily. It has a much more flexible system which in the future will allow us to get the site up much earlier in the coming years. At the same time, TypeCon.com will slowly become more of a destination on the 'off season' of TypeCon. Big thanks to Brian Crick and Wes Wong for their amazing skills.
Play around and let us know what you think of the new structure, the UI and the slick new tools. We will be rolling out updated designs and new features and feedback is welcome! Let us know at webmaster@typecon.com
