JUNE 04-08 JUNE 15-16 JUNE 18-22 JUNE 21-22 JUNE 25-27 JUNE 27-28 JULY 02-06 |
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Font Design in FontLab Using Fontlab software, the basics of font development will be explored with the goal of an actual functional digital font for use in MacOS or Windows at the end of this 3 day session. Students are encouraged to bring their own alphabet ideas and sketches at any state of development. The basics of Bézier curve drawing within fontlab will be explored along with concepts of spacing, kerning and character sets. OpenType scripting will be introduced for added features and possibilities of how fonts can be expanded beyond the basics. Knowledge of the computer, an understanding of Adobe Illustrator, and Bezier Curves is required. Richard Kegler is the founder and lead designer at P22 type foundry. Before his involvement in type design, Mr. Kegler was a bookbinder, designer and postgraduate artist seeking a respectable self-sustaining life as a craftsman. The years of historical typographic research at P22 has influenced a profound interest in using hand techniques alongside digital capabilities. Kegler has recently started the non-profit Book Arts Center in Buffalo New York and has returned to an active involvement in hand setting and printing metal and wood type as a concurrent career with digital font research at P22. In 2011, Kegler released Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century, a design documentary, directed and produced by Kegler, that captured the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist and type designer Jim Rimmer (1931-2010). |
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