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Redact Your Boring Desktop With This TypeCon Wallpaper
Less shock, more awesome. Preparing for this summer’s trip to the nation’s capital? It’s time to outfit your screen with some official TypeCon wallpaper. Fix your sights on these twenty (yes, twenty!)...
View ArticleEarly Registration Pricing Extended Through July 12th
TypeCon already gives you a lot of bang for your typographic buck, but we wanted to give you one last chance to save. Seeing as it’s the Independence Day long weekend in the states, early registration...
View ArticleTobias Frere-Jones
Over 25 years, Tobias Frere-Jones has established himself as one of the world’s leading typeface designers and created some of the most popular typefaces of our time. Frere-Jones received a BFA in...
View ArticleThe TypeCon Silent Auction Needs Your Typographic Treasures
One of the most anticipated events of TypeCon is the annual Society of Typographic Aficionados silent auction — raising funds for SOTA’s educational and community activities. We’re looking for...
View ArticleDavid Ramos
David Ramos is a designer, developer, and design educator. He is interested in the space between craft and digital media, and in the landscape history of Washington, DC. He helps organize Knowledge...
View ArticleDesigner’s Eye View of DC Walking Tour
If you’re looking for something to do after the program finishes up on Sunday, August 3rd — join us on this casual walking tour. Heading out from the Hyatt, David Ramos will take us on a lettering,...
View ArticleType Crit Rules!
The always popular Type Crit is back in DC, celebrating its thirteenth year of laying down the typographic smack. This year’s cast of critics once again includes John Downer, Akira Kobayashi, and the...
View ArticleSpecial Curator Tour — A Thousand Years of the Persian Book Exhibition
With the generous help of Nahid Tootoonchi, the Society of Typographic Aficionados is pleased to offer TypeCon2014 attendees a curator tour of A Thousand Years of the Persian Book — an exhibition that...
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Carter & Downer Storm the Capitol
In a display of characteristic friendship and mutual respect, two revered statesmen of the typographical world — Matthew Carter and John Downer — met on Capitol Hill, shook hands, and were...
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SOTA Honors Fiona Ross With Typography Award
The Society of Typographic Aficionados is pleased to announce that type designer, lecturer, curator, and educator Fiona Ross has been honored with the 2014 SOTA Typography Award. The presentation took...
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TypeCon Identity Wins D&AD Award
We were absolutely chuffed to learn that the TypeCon2014 identity system — designed by Build — was the recipient of a D&AD award in the Typography for Design category. All of the team at Build...
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