FontConf - The Unconference for Web Fonts & @font-face
I'm organizing an unconference on web fonts this summer - June 19, in St. Paul, MN - and would love to see you there.
Registration here: http://fontconf.eventbrite.com
Session Topics as of March 10, 2010
Chank Diesel - http://chank.com - has offered to run one of his
legendary collaborative fontmaking workshops and open source the
resulting work.
Jon Hadden - http://jonhadden.com - will be leading the discussion
on Font Replacement Techniques.
Richard Fink - http://readableweb.com - will be diving into OpenType
Font Technology.
Bill Moran - http://blincpublishing.com - has offered to discuss
how technology always changes type by providing some historical
parallels for web fonts.
Kyle Meyer - http://astheria.com - Beyond Typeface Selection, the Rules of Using Type
Bram Pitoyo - http://brampitoyo.com - Web Font Optimization
More sessions topics will be added over the next few days,
as always, FontConf is participant-driven - so if you'd like to
see a topic on the schedule - let me know: garrick@fontconf.com
If you're interested in sponsoring FontConf - covering
the coffee, lunch, happy hour, etc - let me know:
garrick@fontconf.com
All this information is also at: http://fontconf.com
Thanks and see you in June,
11.Mar.2010 8.31am
Best of luck with the event!
11.Mar.2010 9.51am
Yeah, best of luck! Wish I could be there, but I doubt it will happen this year. Maybe FontConf II though... :)
13.Mar.2010 11.26am
@sii
Thank you. Never been to Minneapolis but I heard it hums.
Now, just to make sure I have it right - OpenType is that font format thingy, right? ;)
@rob
spread the word, please. It will be a lot of fun.
Rich
14.Mar.2010 9.32am
@ Garrick: Great idea for a conference. One thing I noticed today; on your site where you register it says "Free" however I was unclear if this meant free as in no conference fees, or free as in there are still free spaces left (the column with the word "Free" has no heading).
I went through the registration process expecting to see a "final complete step by paying" of sorts in order to confirm for myself if there was indeed a cost, but discovered instead that I had just registered as an attendee.
The leads me to believe it is free, yet I was also informed that I would be emailed tickets. I post this here instead of an email to help others avoid potential confusion. As it stands, the list says I am attending when I cannot. I think a simple solution would be to simply put a "Conference fee" heading over the word free. This is a valuable piece of information, especially for poor students who can contribute content.
I look forward to the outcome of your conference. This is a very interesting time for type.