Typophile - Typecon 2008 Buffalo - Comments

So we have a few days left

jupiterboy — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:08:37 -0700

So we have a few days left for early registration, but I’m not finding a place to register.

How about OpenType support?

dezcom — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:12:34 -0800

How about OpenType support? How far has it come and what still needs to happen?

ChrisL

Two suggestions: 1. Audio

William Berkson — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:56:00 -0700

Two suggestions:

1. Audio record the talks and workshops. The recordings, combined in a package with slides from the speakers could be sold afterwards, or given to attendees and sold to others. I think that particularly technical workshops would sell, as people on Typophile who couldn’t get to conferences has said so.

The speakers would need to number slides and identify them as they talk. This approach might be easier to pull off and cheaper than trying to film the presentations, which would cost more. Often speakers are in the dark anyway.

2. Have a panel to discuss optical size and type design. How do different designers treat problems of optical size—x height, contrast, spacing etc.? Does it vary with the intended use: Does what is desirable hange with newspapers, magazines, books, the web? What is the recent history of this—Adobe, FontBureau, H&FJ, etc.? Are there trends?

Will my photo of a Buffalo

dezcom — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:29:53 -0700

Will my photo of a Buffalo nichol do? :-)

ChrisL

I personally like talking to

kegler — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:53:39 -0700

I personally like talking to Frank Martinez about Dwiggins, so either way is fine by me.

Additional suggestions and proposals are more than welcome.

As an aside, we have set up a flickr group for found lettering around the Buffalo area http://flickr.com/groups/buffalotype/pool/

More soon

From another thread: James

William Berkson — Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:04:44 -0700

From another thread:

James Puckett, quoting James Montalbano:

>There is money to be made in type...Take yourselves seriously for crying out loud!

James, that would be a great topic for Typecon 2008 :)

James Montalbano:

>James, that would be a great topic for Typecon 2008 :)

Its my feeling that the majority of TypeCon should address this issue. The business side of type always gets short-changed at TypeCon. 4 hours of Dwiggins vs 45 minutes of Q&A with Frank Martinez.

Live webcam broadcasts of

terryw — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:56:38 -0700

Live webcam broadcasts of the conference?

Typecon 2008 Buffalo

kegler — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:58:00 -0700

Feel free to post ideas, proposals, wish lists, cranky complaints or anything related to next years typecon. The gears are in motion.