Some of Ek Type’s fonts support ten different writing systems. Later in the morning, Sarang Kulkarni and Noopur Datye from Ek Type in Mumbai explained how their office tackled multi-script lettering and type design. Using manuscripts from Spain in which romance languages were written with the Arabic script as a starting point, Linda and Pascal designed those typefaces with Arabic and Latin script support. First, Pascal Zoghbi and Linda Hintz illuminated some details behind their collaboration on the Okaso and Oskura typefaces. In their talks, three duos discussed this from a type-design perspective. Photo courtesy of Lukáš Timulak.Īlthough the conference did not have a theme, almost half of the presentations involved the relationships between multiple writing systems. However, there were a great many type designers in attendance, including designers who had long known many of the people on stage, and were glad to make the trip and see them again.Ī slide showing some of Ek Type’s Anek Telugu typeface. Fontstand established its conferences to help make more font users aware of the Fontstand font-rental service and the typefaces available. So many attendees being there right at the start testified to their interest in the talks. The museum lobby was probably where most people at the conference first saw each other again, often for the first time in three years or more. Afterward, most people stayed to mingle for a while. Attendees arrived on Friday evening to experience a multi-hour keynote by Irma Boom, one of the most renowned book designers alive today. Our conference’s location was inside the Sound & Vision media museum. Reader, I purchased several books and a tote bag. Typotheque also set up a small bookstore during the conference. Rest assured, dear reader, that I was just as thrilled to attend an in-person event in The Hague as all the people who were responsible for its going off without a hitch. I was also not one of the many Fontstand helping hands who helped make the event possible. Many of this year’s conference attendees were TypeMedia alumni.īefore you read any further, allow me one personal note: Often in this article, I use the phrase “we,” and when I do so, I mean “Fontstand.” Although I attended the conference, I was not involved in its planning. They were greeted by Erik van Blokland, who heads the program. The TypeMedia postgraduate course at the Royal Academy (KABK) was also open to visitors. Three people opened their doors: Paul van der Laan from Bold Monday, Akiem Helmling from Underware and West Den Haag, and Peter Biľak from Typotheque. On Friday afternoon, before the conference began, attendees who had already arrived in The Hague could visit local type designers and foundries in their studios. We even received donations from type designers whose fonts are not on the Fontstand service and who did not attend the conference themselves. Sixteen students were also able to purchase reduced-price tickets because of community contributions. Thanks to its generosity, we were able to provide tickets to three designers from Ukraine. The type community helped make the conference so successful in other ways. The local community and active attendees on social media played a big role by improvising carpooling on the fly and providing information about buses that traveled from Amsterdam and Schiphol airport. Still, nearly everyone managed to get to The Hague. Perhaps because of those difficulties, some people did not attend in the end. Due to a looming strike, the Dutch rail service announced a few days before the conference that no trains would run in the Netherlands on the 9th. In the end, we had to contend with other difficulties. However, the interest among the designers wow read our posts to meet each other in person again was so high that a new venue was selected, which could hold more attendees. At that time, it was still unclear what pandemic measures would be in place over the summer. When we initially announced this year’s Fontstand conference on social media, tickets sold out within a day. This minute and a half video gives a glimpse into the 2022 Fontstand Conference, its audience, speakers, and The Hague’s great September weather.
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