Meet us at TypeCon 2015

The Glyphs 2 user interface is ready for working with color fonts, be it a layered font for use in apps like InDesign or Illustrator, a COLR/CPAL font for the latest versions of Internet Explorer, or even a pixel-based Emoji font for iOS and MacOS. In this workshop, you will learn how to work in color layers, as well as preview, export, and test your colorfont.

Prior knowledge of type design or font production useful, but not required.

Participants are eligible for an extended trial version of Glyphs 2 and a discount on the full app license.

Version 2 of the popular font editor Glyphs has significantly facilitated and streamlined the production of WOFF, WOFF2, and EOT. In this workshop, you will learn how to export your font into the webfont formats, subset it, and test it in various browsers. While we are it, we will optimize the font for the screen, thereby setting up autohinting and applying manual hints, for both PS and TT based formats.

Prior knowledge of type design or font production useful, but not required. Bring your own font, or use the demo font supplied.

Participants are eligible for an extended trial version of Glyphs 2 and a discount on the full app license.

Is it possible? High school schedules only allow for limited time, the students are at a difficult age and have different interests, the subject matter is complex, and the student group sizes tend to be too large. I tried it anyway and taught type design to 17- and 18-year-olds at the Graphische in Vienna, a school with departments for graphic design, photography, multimedia and printing. This presentation is about how I approached teaching type design, how the material was condensed into the little time I had, and how some students extended projects for themselves. It is especially about what worked and what did not work, and how the students saw it. Course materials and results will be included.

Can animations be put into fonts? And what about games? Learn the answer to these questions, and how Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked the gamification of fonts, in this short and fun presentation. This presentation contains no prepared slides, all typing is done live.