Typoclass is back in full swing, now with a weekend of pro workshops at the end of October. Unique chance to nerd out on type: write off your Saturday on interpolation, and waste your Sunday on kerning! Achievement unlocked, welcome to the club.
Do not miss out on the Meet & Greet with the tutor, Glyphs member Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer, one week before the class, on Thursday 21 October, after work 18:00 CEST.
Afterwork Meet & Greet: ‘Ligatures Suck’
Thursday 21 October, 18:00 CEST
‘I do three things in my life, and they all revolve around type,’ says Rainer Scheichelbauer. ‘Together with Georg Seifert, the font editor Glyphs. The Austrian-Portuguese foundry Schriftlabor. And teaching type design at the Graphische in Vienna, one of the world’s oldest graphic art schools.’ Join Boril Karaivanov in a Typoclass Meet & Greet with Rainer, who will give surprising insights into the three areas of his professional life in a short presentation, including an explanation for why, in his opinion, ligatures are the worst thing that ever happened to the Latin script. Plus: plenty of other stuff to disagree upon. Ample chance for discussion.
Where?
Online event
Who?
Krista Radoeva
Boril Karaivanov
Rainer Scheichelbauer
How Much?
Free
Language
English
Pro workshop: interpolation
Saturday 30 October
10:00 – 16:30 CEST, attention: last day of Central European daylight saving time
Become an interpolation pro. Learn how to set up and manage font project with multiple masters, how to achieve a crisp and pristine interpolation and circumvent potential issues from the start. There will be ample time for questions. You can (don’t have to) bring your own fonts.
Topics covered:
- setting up masters
- setting up instances
- font family management: naming, weight and width classes
- setting up variable fonts
- managing exports
- hinting a font family
- finding and fixing interpolation issues: shapeshifting and node tracking
- exporting and testing
- applying plug-ins and scripts
Where?
Online workshop
Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
For Whom?
Type designers, font engineers, people with experience in building fonts. Maximum 15 participants.
How Much?
EUR 119 for one workshop
EUR 199 for both workshops
Language
English
Prerequisites
Mac with Glyphs 3, good internet connection
Pro workshop: kerning
Sunday 31 October
9:30 – 16:00 CET, attention: first day after Central European daylight saving time
Kern like a boss. Learn how to methodically approach kerning, manage a large amount of kern pairs, and securely exclude potential problems. Plus: how to automate kerning altogether.
Topics covered:
- methodical kerning: strategies and planning
- group kerning: setting up kerning groups and going through
- kerning exceptions: deciding which ones you need
- managing diacritics, special focus on CEE languages
- transferring kerning: copying, interpolating, importing kern values
- finding missing kerning: Kernkraft
- fixing kerning issues: overkerns, gaps, collisions
- fixing export problems: GPOS overflows, unnecessary pairs
- applying plug-ins and scripts
- automating kerning: Auto Bumper, stealing InDesign’s Optical Kerning and Kern On
Where?
Online workshop
Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
For Whom?
Type designers, font engineers, people with experience in building fonts. Maximum 15 participants.
How Much?
EUR 119 for one workshop
EUR 199 for both workshops
Language
English
Prerequisites
Mac with Glyphs 3, good internet connection
