Please join us on Thursday June 25th, 7:00 p.m. at the Urban Gallery beside Swipe Books, 401 Richmond Ave. W. for our next talk. Admission is $10 at the door.
Mark Fram will deliver a talk on Topographic Typography:
Are rivers always in italics?
Are bigger cities really bolder?
Are serif cities better than sans?
What do cartographers know that you don’t?
Join us to find out.
For all the design profession’s infatuation with it, Modernism was a marginal influence on the typography of 20th century mass media, where the dominant force was Historicism. In fact, the most radical and sweeping changes in type design occurred in the early 19th century. In a process of critical design, Nick Shinn has explored this phenomenon through the revival of two types from that era–Scotch Modern and Figgins Sans–recently published as the Modern Suite. This presentation follows his work from a critique of conventional wisdom to the discovery of new relationships between culture, technology, and designed form. Following the talk, Nick will be signing copies of his book, “The Modern Suite”.
Type comes alive this summer as Buffalo plays host to TypeCon2008: Punkt. From the irreverent to the serious, the eclectic to the traditional, and the modern to the historical, SOTA’s tenth conference is a letterfest of talks, workshops, tours, exhibitions, and special events created for type lovers at every level. (Continued)
As of May 1st, Swipe Books has moved into a beautiful new space at 401 Richmond. The hours and phone numbers are still the same and the ever expanding content is just as rich as ever.
The Type Club is very pleased to be holding two Events inside the bookstore this fall. We hope to see you there and that you take the time to visit the space before our fall program is formally announced.
Our next talk is Tuesday April 29th at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St.
Thursday March 27th, we are pleased to present Andrew and Matt McCracken of Doublenaut. Doublenaut is a Toronto Design House with a foundation in Music Graphics. Working with Bands and Promoters, the McCracken brothers have carved a comfortable niche doing an incredible array of show posters, cd packaging and websites. (Continued)
