ILT Intro to Greek Type Design 2023-2024 ↗

The course is consisting of hands-on exercises, study of primary and secondary sources of Greek typography and one main project. Thought the three exercises the participants will experiment and examine the possibilities of the Greek script and learn through practice. Some basic historical information will be given in a form of lectures in the middle of the course.

• Session 1: 5 October — Intro to Greek alphabet + exercise 1
• Session 2: 12 October — Explore styles + exercise 2
• Session 3: 19 October — Creating a system + exercise 3
• Session 4: 26 October — Defining a scope, beginning of a typeface project
• Session 5: 2 November — History 1, type review of basic lc character set
• Session 6: 9 November — History 2, type review of small lc character set
• Session 7: 16 November — Proofing, specimen design and type review of small lc character set
• Session 8: 23 November — History 3, type review of complete basic lc set
• Session 9: 7 December — type review of complete basic lc set
• Session 10: 21 December — type review of complete basic uc set
• Session 11: 4 January — Technical Greek: OpenType features + encodings, Type review of extra styles
• Session 12: 18 January — Final presentations, fonts and specimen

The main project will be will be an opportunity for each participant to design their own new Greek typeface and apply their gained knowledge into practice.

Participants will be required to work in between sessions — this is crucial for the main project to develop fully.