TYPO Labs 2018

Beyond Width and Weight – Variable Fonts Tidbits from TYPO Labs

No big surprises with the main topic of this year’s TYPO Labs. Just like last year, a large chunk of the talks and workshops was dedicated to variable fonts. It’s been roughly one and a half years since the announcement of the new font format in September 2016 and things are steadily progressing. If you want to find out how far we can go with Variable Fonts today, read this most up to date summary.

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by Tilmann Hielscher

TYPO Labs 2018

Tools and shapes of shared authorship

What routines do designers need to establish to implement Variable Fonts? And how could a new model of shared authorship support creativity and knowledge exchange? Verena Gerlach, Malou Verlomme and Fred Smeijers joined forces on a panel at TYPO Labs, hosted by Gerry Leonidas. The four discussed the current state of the industry, new tools, and working methods, collectively expressing their longing for the “good old” manual processes in a fully digitized world.

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by Matthias Kliefoth

TYPO Labs 2018

Tools for Fonts: A Roundup

Glyphs, RoboFont and Fontlab annually take center stage at TYPO Labs, but there’s more to see in terms of tools than just the font editors. New or improved, finished or in progress, command line or polished interface: here’s the cast of tools at Labs, in order of appearance.

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by Tilmann Hielscher

TYPO Labs 2018

AR/VR Tidbits from TYPO Labs 2018

While at last year’s TYPO Labs Variable Fonts were introduced as the great innovation, this year another big topic was treated in several talks. The Augmented and Virtual Reality environment is becoming more notable for many programmers and designers requiring special attention when it comes to text and type.

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by Jan Vincent Dufke

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TYPO Labs 2018 – This was day three

All good things come in threes: The last day of TYPO Labs has offered insights into CJK Fonts, educational perspectives and future scenarios concering the broad implementation of Variable Fonts. In this newsletter we sum up some of the highlights for you.

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The Type-Robot visits TYPO Labs 2018

An industrial robotic arm cutting letterforms into styrofoam? What sounds like a type-geek’s dream became reality at this year’s TYPO Labs conference. For three days, an industrial robot in the hallway was hard at work carving out letters with a hot wire cutter. Surrounded by a flock of curious attendees and stacks of styrofoam boards, the large robotic arm was a focal point in the conference space and easily topped the list of peculiarities.

By Maciej Nadobnik

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TYPO Labs 2018 – This was day two

TYPO Labs day two revealed that there is increased demand for tools that build bridges between professionals and across disciplines to fully unfold the potential of new Font Technologies. We’ve selected three of the day’s many highlights for you.

 

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Constrained. Unconstrained. Variable.

In his keynote John Hudson, Type Designer and Co-founder of Tiro Typeworks Ltd., provided us with interesting perspectives upon the Nirmala UI project. Under the title “Constrained. Unconstrained. Variable.” He reflected upon circumstances, presenting the unique challenges of each design. Here are the most important steps on that journey.

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Interview: Who is behind the new TYPO Labs Design?

TYPO Labs gathering is getting closer, and everything is starting to line up for those intense and exciting type days under the motto “How far can we go?”. While we wait, let’s warm up with a little small talk. Pablo Gámez, TYPO Labs facilitator for 2018, asked Monotype Designers Bernd Volmer and Olli Meier about their new look for the Labs 2018 and how far they plan to go – technically and visually – with this CI project.

Und das sind sie // Here they are: Sabine Gruppe (Monotype), Rik Watkinson, Christine Wenning (Chief Editor), Lisa Schmidt, Catharina Dörr, Miriam Kadel, Alessio D’Ellena, Paul Toppmair, Sonja Knecht (Head of Team), Stefan Pabst, Michael Kress, Jannis Riethmüller (Managing Editor), Luise Behr, David Reitenbach, Tilmann Hielscher, Felix von Pless, Christoph Rauscher, Anne Rethfeldt, Jenna Gesse (Chief Editor), Jenny Zegenhagen (Managing Editor), Chris Campe, Harry Keller, Lukas Horn, Jan Vincent Dufke, Nina Sieverding, Jenny Baese. Nicht auf dem Foto // Team members missing from this picture: Ajda Zupančič, Björn Giesecke, Gerhard Kassner (Photo), Gabby Lord, Norman Posselt (Photo), Philipp Sunny Neumeyer, Radek Sidun, Sebastian Weiß (Photo), Tyrone Stoddart. © Norman Posselt / Monotype

EN: The life of the editorial team at TYPO 2017

This year’s TYPO 2017 was entitled “Wanderlust” – a theme the speakers took to heart and interpreted in a variety of ways. This was also done by the editorial team, who ventured into unknown terrain with new formats, filling the blog with souvenirs of beautiful listening and reading material as well as great pictures. Zur deutschen Version …

 

By Christine Wenning

 

Und das sind sie // Here they are: Sabine Gruppe (Monotype), Rik Watkinson, Christine Wenning (Chief Editor), Lisa Schmidt, Catharina Dörr, Miriam Kadel, Alessio D’Ellena, Paul Toppmair, Sonja Knecht (Head of Team), Stefan Pabst, Michael Kress, Jannis Riethmüller (Managing Editor), Luise Behr, David Reitenbach, Tilmann Hielscher, Felix von Pless, Christoph Rauscher, Anne Rethfeldt, Jenna Gesse (Chief Editor), Jenny Zegenhagen (Managing Editor), Chris Campe, Harry Keller, Lukas Horn, Jan Vincent Dufke, Nina Sieverding, Jenny Baese. Nicht auf dem Foto // Team members missing from this picture: Ajda Zupančič, Björn Giesecke, Gerhard Kassner (Photo), Gabby Lord, Norman Posselt (Photo), Philipp Sunny Neumeyer, Radek Sidun, Sebastian Weiß (Photo), Tyrone Stoddart. © Norman Posselt / Monotype

DE: Das Editorial-Team der TYPO Berlin 2017

Unter dem Motto „Wanderlust“ stand die diesjährige TYPO-Konferenz – ein Thema, das sich die Vortragenden zu Herzen nahmen und vielfältig umsetzten. Das tat auch das Editorial-Team. Mit neuen Formaten wagten wir uns in unbekanntes Terrain und füllen mit Souvenirs aus schönem Hör- und Lesestoff und tollen Bildern den Blog. Switch to English Version …

 

Von Christine Wenning

 

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