The TypeLab at Typographics 2018 will host a series of hands-on work­shops, demos, inter­views, and experiments, June 14–17.

Keeping with its alternative roots, the TypeLab is a space for informal events to complement the main schedule of the Typographics conference – like a multi-day typographic hackathon.

Hours and access

The TypeLab will be held mostly in the Room LL101 at 41 Cooper Square, just across the street from where the main Typographics conference is held.

TypeLab’s schedule is curated by Petr van Blokland and will constantly evolve until the final event has ended, allowing for spontaneous alterations and additions as space and time allow. The schedule is always subject to change at any time without notice.

TypeLab events are being planned and will be posted in the coming weeks. For updates and announce­ments, join the Typographics mailing list and follow @TypographicsNYC on Twitter.

• TypeDay Thursday, June 14 (Open to the public)

  12–1:30pm	Spencer Charles, Kelly Thorn: Stencils workshop
  1–3:30pm	Petr van Blokland, Claudia Mens, and others…: Portfolio Reviews (type, typography or graphic design). Don’t be shy. Ask the people at TypeLab. For students and recent graduates. You want to apply for graduate school, an internship, a job or start your own studio. Tips and tricks from “the old guys & gals”
  1–1:30pm	Petra Docekalova: Czech calligraphy, lettering, sign painting
  1:30–2pm	Petr van Blokland: The art of designing design spaces for Variable Fonts
  2–3:30pm	Ina Saltz: Calligraphy with Color: a panoply of tools and materials
  2–2:30pm	Jean-Baptiste Levée: Pattern algorithms applied to type
  2:30–3pm	Dina Ruzha: The most curious kinds of Cyrillic calligraphy - ligature ornamental script - Vyaz
  3–3:30pm	Petr van Blokland, Claudia Mens: DesignDesign.Space: Online live workshops, personal coaching and virtual sabbaticals
  3:30–6:30pm	Petr van Blokland, Claudia Mens, and others…: Critiques & feedback Bring any design, sketch or question for reference and feedback. A free individual Design Design Space workshop of 15 minutes.
  3:30–4pm	Connor Davenport: Relationship between technology and source material
  4–4:30pm	Erik van Blokland: Applying for TypeMedia in The Hague
  4:30–6:30pm	Amy Papaelias, Indra Kupferschmid, Ulrike Rausch, Karolina Lach, Naomi Abel, Inga Plönnigs, Dyana Weissman, Veronika Burian: Alphabettes Variety Show broadcast
  7pm	Closing Type Day

• TypographyDay Friday, June 15 (Conference registration required)

  11am–1pm	John Downer: Brush lettering
  11am–1:30pm	Richard Lipton: Calligraphy demo
  11am–1pm	Ying Chang: Flourished script lettering
  11:30am–12pm	Tim Brown: How tools can augment designers
  12–1pm	Tim Brown: How tools can augment designers Forum discussion
  12:30–2pm	Richars Meza: Democratype mini-workshop
  12:30–1pm	Petr van Blokland: Rapid Prototyping for designers: the best way to solve killing deadlines.
  1–3pm	John Downer: Brush lettering & speedball lettering
  1–1:30pm	Grendl Lofkvist, Vivien Park: Type Anatomy and Classification Research
  1:30–2pm	Denise Gonzalez Crisp, Douglas Riccardi, Richard Lipton, Noël Claro, and others…: Critiques: Get your work reviewed.
  2:30–3pm	Sindy Ethel: Lettering in Packaging and Advertising
  3–6pm	Petr van Blokland, Claudia Mens, and others…: Critiques: Have your process reviewed [room 104]
  3:30–5pm	Critiques portfolios
  4–4:30pm	Ryan Bugden: Bézier Game [room 104] The second annual event aims to demystify the curves we use for digital letter drawing by reviewing their origin, outlining best practices, and finally pitting visitors against each other in a fast-paced drawing game
  4:30–5pm	Thomas Jockin: Creating a Variable Font for Low-Proficiency Readers [room 104]
  6pm	Closing Typography Day

• ToolDay Saturday, June 16 (Conference registration required)

  11am–3pm	John Downer: Brush lettering continues
  11am–1pm	Petr van Blokland, Erik van Blokland, and others…: Critiques & feedback: Bring your work.
  11–11:30am	Arnold Hoepker: Learn By Doing
  11:30am–12pm	Stephen Cronin: Usage of Variable Fonts in CSS
  12–12:30pm	Ringo R. Seeber: Improve productivity by organizing files and folders and related tasks for graphic designers
  12:30–3pm	Ethan Cohen: Blackletter Calligraphy Demo
  12:30–1pm	Gor Jihanian: Leap motion sensor data and midi controllers to interact with variable fonts.
  1–2:30pm	Critiques with TypeTogether: Bring your work
  1–2pm	Julie Harris: The Uncanny Valley of Type [room 104]
  1–1:30pm	Benedikt Bramböck: Setting standards - characterset tools.
  1:30–2pm	The current state of Glyphs
  2–2:30pm	Tina Cho: Typography in PowerPoint: Kerning, Leading and More! [room 104]
  2:30–3pm	The current state of RoboFont
  3–6pm	Glyphs demo sessions
  3–6pm	RoboFont demo sessions
  6pm	Closing Tool Day

• CodingDay Sunday, June 17 (Open to the public)

  10am–6pm

  Petr van Blokland: Workshop Scripting for graphic designers Bring your sketches, moleskins, pencils, designs and laptops Find the parameters in your design Generalizing one-off into kind-off Sketching algorythms and and pseudo code Sketching with code and pencil Designing classes, behavior and time-lines Entry-points for DrawBot and PageBot How to proceed and develop Please RSVP for this workshop

Schedule specifics are subject to change. For updates and announce­ments, join the Typographics mailing list and follow @TypographicsNYC on Twitter.

The 2018 TypeLab typeface is Brooklyn from Village.