Enjoy the beautiful city of Ljubljana, join type design legend Laura Meseguer for one of her infamous stencil type workshops at this year’s Type Days, and Domen Fras for one of his infamous type walks through his home town. Register now.
Participants receive an extended trial license and can purchase their own full license at a discount.
Workshop: create your own stencil type
- When?
1–5 September 2022
- Who?
Laura Meseguer
- Where?
Academy of Fine Arts and Design
University of Ljubljana
Erjavčeva cesta 23
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia - For whom?
Max 18 participants
- How much?
EUR 365
Early bird (until 1 July): EUR 330 - Language
English
- Prerequisites
You will need pencils, double pencil, markers, an eraser, cutter, ruler, graph and transparent paper. To transfer sketches into the digital environment, your own computer with a font editor or vector editor.
- Registration
- Links
Creating typefaces: 1–3 September
The students will develop a coherent stencil set of letters step by step. This set will be as extended as possible, and big enough so as to work with sentences and words to create a set of graphic pieces.
Exhibition and presentation: 5 September
The students will exhibit the sketches, the parts, the ‘typefaces’ and present the applications.
Methodology
You can start working in two different ways:
- From a calligraphic sketch. Students will work with double pencil on the basis of Carolingian calligraphy. Previous knowledge is not necessary but will be advantageous.
- From existing vernacular sources. Students can carry out preliminary research into the vernacular letters that are present in their city and bring good frontal photos.
Workflow
Students will be encouraged to work in groups of 2–3 people. Letters can be created just by hand, or by hand and a computer – if the latter, the attendees need to be skilled in vector drawing, ideally in a font editor.
Type walk: types and faces of Ljubljana
- When?
Sunday 4 September, 10–12am
- Who?
Domen Fras
- Where?
Academy of Fine Arts and Design
University of Ljubljana
Erjavčeva cesta 23
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Language
English
- Registration
- Links
A type walk leads us through the material, historical, cultural and linguistic diversity of letterforms in the center of Ljubljana. While searching for their common design features, we will pay attention to vivid compositions of inscriptions, unusual ligatures and thoughtful diacritical marks. The concept of a walk adresses a very important skill decisive for the typographic education. How to observe the type? How to understand what you are looking at?