‘We are thrilled to announce the first fully dedicated conference to the topic of fonts and artificial intelligence. The idea for this conference was born in one of the panels of our Font Business conference earlier this year, and so we’ve decided to make it happen! We will spend 2 days looking at how AI can impact the world of type, from theory to AI models to practical implementations. We will hear about community concerns, discuss the legality and ethics of AI training models, and examine the threats and opportunities that AI represents.’
Pre-Conference Online Workshop: Coding for Glyphs with ChatGPT & Co
Wednesday, 22 October 2025 (pre-conference)
14:30–16:30 London time (15:30–17:30 CET, 9:30–11:30 New York)
Coding and debugging for Glyphs has gotten tremendously easier with the advent of capable A.I. chat interfaces. In this 2-hour workshop, we will explore a method of developing valid code for automating Glyphs with a handful of examples. Plus: what to do if things don’t always go the way we want.
Who?
Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
For Whom?
Glyphs users
How Much?
GBP 25 for conference attendees
GBP 45 for everyone else
Language
English
Prerequisites
You need Glyphs 3 installed and access to an AI prompt like ChatGPT, Le Chat or Perplexity.
Online Conference: Fonts & AI
We start both days at 1pm UK time = 2pm Paris/Madrid/Berlin/Rome time = 8am NY time = 5am Pacific time.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Thursday October 23
- 12:00—12:15 Nadine Chahine Welcome Note
- 12:15—12:45 Thierry Charbonnel AI Creative Tools – Co-Creating the Future
- 12:55—13:35 Ann Bessemans, Giulio Galli, Axel-Jan Rousseau, and Dirk Valkenborg Deep Learning as a New Chapter in the Algorithmic History of Type Design
- 13:45—14:15 Dave Crossland Three Kinds of Economists
- 14:25—14:55 Antonina Alekseeva Edit him! Type Design as a Final Boss for Image Editing Models
- 15:05—15:20 Nick Shinn Ethics and AI: An Overview
- 16:20—16:50 Tom Broster AI and Copyright Protection
- 17:00—17:40 Alice Savoie Automation & AI in Type Design: Insights from an Industry Survey
- 17:50—18:30 Petr van Blokland Using Machine Learning or Rule Based Algorithms in the Design Process of a Typeface
- 18:40—19:10 Thomas Phinney Incentives (and Disincentives) for AI-generated Fonts
Friday October 24
- 12:00—12:10 Nadine Chahine Welcome Note
- 12:10—12:40 Simon Cozens ML is Wonderful, AI is a Bag of Crap
- 12:50—13:20 Filip Paldia Regularising Font Datasets: A Systematic Approach to Sequential Representation for AI Font Generation
- 13:30—14:00 Christopher Lai Font Generation 101: How to train a simple transformer model to generate fonts
- 14:35—15:05 Pablo Impallari AI Experiments – Training the Model for Each Experiment and Selecting Training Material
- 16:05—16:35 Måns Grebäck Co-Creating with AI
- 16:45—17:15 Jérémie Hornus 8 years of CJK Font Production in Europe: Design, Tools and Technical innovations
- 17:25—17:55 Axel Cordon Stop Scrolling. Start Asking.
- 18:05—19:05 Dave Crossland, John Hudson, Petr van Blokland, Alice Savoie, Simon Daniels, Nadine Chahine AI: Threat and Opportunities Panel
Program is still subject to change.
How Much?
Tickets remain on sale until the end of the conference. Professional tickets are for £125 and student tickets for £45.
Language
English
