Upcoming Typography Events

Renaissance and Modernist approaches to letter design share a common reliance on geometry as a mediating structure between writing and architecture, though they deploy it with very different intentions. Revisiting Renaissance letter construction manuals and Modernist typographic and architectural models, this talk examines how geometry evolved from an idealizing analytical tool into a constructive language for shaping the modern world. These historical frameworks are distilled in the architectural lettering of Enric Miralles (1955–2000), whose drawings dissolve the distinction between writing, technical lettering, and architectural form. By examining Miralles’s plans and their later typographic interpretations, the lecture reopens the question of lettering as an integral component of architectural design.

For the past decade, Typotheque has worked on a comprehensive type system for the Indian subcontinent, a region characterized by immense linguistic diversity. Recognizing the challenges posed by the multitude of languages and scripts—many of which lack adequate typographic representation—this ongoing type system encompasses over 400,000 glyphs across 17 scripts, including Devanagari, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, and lesser-known scripts like Ol Chiki and Meetei Mayek or Wancho. The design process involved extensive research into regional typographic traditions and reader preferences, ensuring that the fonts are culturally and linguistically appropriate. By collaborating with local communities and conducting field studies, Typotheque aimed to preserve linguistic heritage and promote inclusivity in digital communication, setting a new standard for multilingual typography.

The radical physical alteration from lead to light had a deep impact on typography. Basically two media, photography and typesetting converged in the new hybrid technology of phototypesetting. But it revolutionized not only the production of print media and its aesthetics, but also writing as a whole. The talk will embark on a media-historical search for traces of the beginnings of writing with light. It will lead not only into the early history of photography, but also into telegraphy and its electrification of letters.

Fontstand’s sixth annual Typography Conference is coming to Berlin! Join world-class type designers and typographers from around the world for a packed two-day program of presentations and discussions.

Japanese writing system is a mixed system that combines three different scripts: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. The lecture will give an overview of their origins and how they have been used differently within a historical context. We will explore how each script has been designed, and developed over time, in relation to the transition of printing technologies and letterforms. We will also introduce the basics of Japanese type design with a comparison to Latin typefaces. The structure of each script, design rules, and harmonisation with the Latin alphabet—which is often used together in Japanese typesetting—will be discussed.

Create structured layouts and elegant details while designing a typographic poster/broadside. Use grids to organize content, build hierarchies, and generate visual elements. Explore alignment, balance, grouping, color, type choice, and tension. Hone your individual approach to typographic thinking and receive active feedback.

ATypI 2026 Stanford brings together designers, researchers, educators, technologists, and industry leaders for four days of talks, panels, workshops, and curated field visits at the intersection of culture, technology, and society.

This year’s theme, Homescreen: Design for Belonging, explores how typographic systems shape access, identity, participation, and sustainability in the digital age. From Split Screen to Green Screen to Full Screen, the program examines how the screens we design, and the type that structures them, influence who belongs, who participates, and who is seen.

Now26 conference in Paris is a celebration of typography, featuring inspiring speakers from graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication, and type design.