typo belgiëque workshop: an introductory course to type design 4/4

typo belgiëque workshop: an introductory course to type design 4/4

typo belgiëque workshop: an introductory course to type design 4/4

typo belgiëque workshop: an introductory course to type design

This 4-day hands-on workshop, comprising of 4 Fridays in May 2022, is aimed at professional designers and creatives, who want to start learning the basics of how to design your own original typeface and generate the font you always dreamed of.

Whether you are a graphic designer, book designer, information designer, logo designer, website designer, application designer, videogame designer, letterer, calligrapher, or just fascinated with typefaces, all are welcome to attend this workshop, and do not need to have previous knowledge or experience in type design (yet having experience with vector drawing tools is handy). You can either start fresh or even bring a project that you are currently working on and needs further attention.

Participants will have access to original type specimens and other type material from the Typo Belgiëque design & research project, which will serve as a source of inspiration for the new typeface designs.

In this introductory course, you will learn the basics of creating a typeface from sketching & drawing the letterforms by hand to digitising your designs and generating a variable font with Glyphs 3, a Mac font editing software.

Each participant will receive a free temporary license for Glyphs 3, as well as a discount to purchase their own full licence. In addition to the group classes & feedback sessions, each participant will also receive personal feedback on their designs.

At the end of this 4-day workshop, the font projects will most likely not be completely finished, yet participants will have gained a respectable start and a profound understanding of the concepts and software used to create digital fonts.

This training course is undeniably an added value to your creative design studio or publishing house!

what to bring

students work on their own Mac (OS X 10.10+) laptops (sorry, no Windows) with the trail version of Glyphs 3 pre-installed

computer mouse or Wacom tablet (+ stylus)

A3 or A4 paper sheets + chalk paper

ruler

HB or H pencils + sharpener & eraser

black Sharpie marker (fine rounded tip)

notebook + note taking pen

green and/or red pens for marking up your printouts with feedback

when & where

Friday 6 May 2022 | Friday 13 May 2022 | Friday 20 May 2022 | Friday 27 May 2022

The workshops will take place in-person from 09:00 to 18:00, with a 1 hour lunch break, at De Winkelhaak | House of C, the designcenter in walking distance to Antwerpen-Centraal railway station.

fee

759 € (+ 21% VAT) for professionals

379 € for students 

The 4-day workshop is limited to 12 participants in order to guarantee a quality of one-to-one tutoring.

The deadline for application is 22 April 2022.

> Early bird registration with a 15% discount before 18 March 2022 <

registration

To apply for this unique workshop, please prepare an A4 PDF with a motivational letter (why you would love to participate in this workshop) together with your CV (and portfolio with your (typo)graphic design projects or artworks, if available). Name your PDF ‘firstnamefamilynametbworkshop22’ and send it via email to jo@studiotype.be.

You will only be accepted to the workshop after the full payment of the tuition fee (due no later than 22 April 2022). The instructions for the payment will be provided via email together with your notification of acceptance.

If you have any questions or need any additional information, don’t hesitate to contact Jo via email at jo@studiotype.be or phone at +32 478 073 968.

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