http://www.typedu.org/dynamic en hannes@famira.com Copyright 2009 2009-03-24T14:19:32+00:00 http://www.www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/ http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/typedu_blog A Type Designers Observations - We finally have a full TypEdu Blog! Go ahead and bookmark this sucker. No promises as to how often I'll update this though. And now the commenting function is finally working too; Share your thoughts.... 2007-09-13T17:26:01+00:00 http://www.ilovetypography.com/2009/03/23/the-first-ones-the-hardest/ http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/jeremy_mickels_first_cut A captivating, personal article on I Love Typography about the journey that a first type design is. - Here's a captivating, personal article on I Love Typography about the design process of Jeremy Mickel's first commercially available typeface. This is a very inspiring read that I wish I had been exposed to when I started out.... 2009-03-24T14:19:32+00:00 http://www. http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/letterpress_printing_vocational_film The typesetting industry of 1947. - ... 2008-11-21T15:15:06+00:00 http://www. http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/robot_calligraphy The german Robotlab has trained an industrial robot to write a bible of al things... - Awesome! The german Robotlab has trained an industrial robot to write a bible of al things... Thanks for the link, Alexandra. ... 2008-11-18T17:58:35+00:00 http://www. http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/trixie_movie Letterror is introducing the new and completely reworked ffTrixie with a nice little YouTube video. - Letterror is introducing the new and completely reworked ffTrixie with a nice little YouTube video. Just van Rossum on guitar. ... 2008-11-18T00:29:22+00:00 http://www.www.typecooker.com/index.html http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/typecooker Check out Erik van Blokland's teaching tool, the TypeCooker! Make sure to click on all the little text links. - ... 2008-08-25T18:50:28+00:00 http://www.ilovetypography.com/2008/08/22/type-and-media-masters-course-the-hague http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/typemedia_post I Love Type has a long post with lots of photographs from the past year at the Type]Media class in Den Haag. - ... 2008-08-23T11:32:13+00:00 http://www.www.typedu.org/dynamic/contact/ http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/new_contact_form This site has just got its very own email form. So get in touch! - ... 2008-07-30T20:48:00+00:00 http://www. http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/classes The continuing education department at the Cooper Union is now offering a three-tiered type design program. - Continuing Education has re-structured the type design classes again to make more sense for students with different skill levels and interests. This is slowly developing into a miniaturized type design curriculum in itself. Just add a calligraphy class to the beginning, the letterpress class to the end and presto: 5 semesters of intensive immersion in type! So these are the three type design classes and their boilerplate descriptions. If you have questions please don't hesitate to get in touch. Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Roman Letterforms Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Italic Letterforms Introduction to Digital Type Design in FontLab Studio v.5 Recommended reading for all three classes The stroke: theory of writing by Gerrit Noordzij Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Roman Letterforms While the biggest part of today's type industry has moved into the digital domain, the underlying skills, practices and theories have remained fairly unchanged. This hands-on type design class explores the design process with a strong focus on classic drawing skills and a firm conceptual understanding of letter forms. Using pen and paper the students will be guided through two extensive type design projects complemented by a number of short exercises to practice different design methods. Experience in calligraphy is a plus but not required. This class forms a perfect precursor for "Introduction to type design in FontLab Studio v.5". Fall registration starts August 25th, 2008. To sign up please contact the Continuing Education department. Instructor: Hannes Famira 10 sessions starting September 23, 2008, ending December 2, 2008 Tuesdays from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Price of Class: $300.00 Materials Fee (collected at first class): $15.00 Location: Foundation Building, Classroom is the letterpress shop on the 5th floor 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Course/Class Number: 3000005/353 Directions: Take the number 6 train to Astor Place and then walk one block east to 4th Avenue. Walk south one block to 7th Street. The Cooper Union is the six-story brownstone building with arched windows. Materials to bring vellum (US letter sized) ruler drop action pencil eraser black waterproof fine liner thick waterproof marker white out pen Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Italic Letterforms In most respects this class is identical with class No.1 but deals with the italic construction exlusively. Instructor: Hannes Famira 10 sessions starting September 22, 2008, ending December 1, 2008 Mondays, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Price of Class: $300.00 Materials Fee (collected at first class): $15.00 Location: Foundation Building, Classroom is the letterpress shop on the 5th floor 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Course/Class Number: 3000002/352 Directions: Take the number 6 train to Astor Place and then walk one block east to 4th Avenue. Walk south one block to 7th Street. The Cooper Union is the six-story brownstone building with arched windows. Introduction to Digital Type Design in FontLab Studio v.5 The design and production processes of typefaces have significantly changed in the past twenty years. In this advanced hands-on workshop Hannes Famira will guide the participants step by step through the different stages of up-to-date font development. The participants will grow familiar with the software application FontLab Studio v.5 by drawing and producing their own functioning digital type faces. The topics covered will be tracing the artwork and the techniques of perfecting curves, building diacritics as well as the secrets of spacing and kerning. Fall registration starts August 25th, 2008. To sign up please contact the Continuing Education department. Instructor: Hannes Famira 8 sessions on Sundays starting September 28, ending November 16, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Price of Class: $600.00 Location: Foundation Building, Classroom: Room 213 (computer lab) 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Course/Class Number: 1000006/218 Directions: Take the number 6 train to Astor Place and then walk one block east to 4th Avenue. Walk south one block to 7th Street. The Cooper Union is the six-story brownstone building with arched windows. Materials to bring sketches or other source material black waterproof fine liner thick waterproof marker white out pen digital storage medium ... 2008-07-30T18:59:54+00:00 http://www.www.typedu.org/dynamic/lessons/article/writing http://www.typedu.org/dynamic/blog/new_page_on_writing I added a new page on writing. There is some text left to write but it's a beginning... - ... 2008-07-27T21:19:00+00:00