{"id":19706,"date":"2010-08-14T00:51:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T07:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=19706"},"modified":"2010-08-14T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:01:00","slug":"typecon-next-week-wood-type-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/19706","title":{"rendered":"TypeCon next week, Wood Type today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘We\u2019ll explore the hot button topic of web fonts; antique type and lettering of the textile trade; the typography of Disneyland; making smart fonts even smarter; the influence of Charles Eames; liquid typography; west coast ‘Cholo’ style graffiti; and so much more.’<\/em><\/p>\n

typecon 2010: babel<\/strong>
\nBig typography conference next week in Los Angeles. Wood Type preview in Carson today. Designer talks, workshops, dealer room, font makers, stuff.<\/p>\n

and me<\/strong>
\nI’ll be giving my first ever TypeCon talk as part of their Type & Design Education Forum<\/a><\/em>. My title is Tell Lies in the Classroom and Get Away With It.<\/em> It will be as weird as what I normally do in a classroom.<\/p>\n

Promise. <\/p>\n

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the wind down<\/strong>
\nI’m also coordinating TypeCon’s after party – Sunday August 22 – at the International Printing Museum in Carson. This great storehouse of vintage type and presses – which I first visited back in 1994 – will be doing live typecasting from period handmolds, running original Linotypes and more.<\/p>\n

They also have a working reproduction Gutenberg<\/a> press – where one can print their own Bible page.<\/p>\n

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preview<\/strong>
\nThough TypeCon is next week – the museum is hosting 100 Years of Wood Type<\/em> TODAY – Saturday August 14, 2010 from 10 am to 4 pm. Not a TypeCon event, but a teaser for what’s coming. If you’re in the area, do check it out. Details here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

News video about the museum below. For more about TypeCon, go here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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