Make the Shift to MKE SHFT
As previously announced, TypeCon2012 is swinging into Milwaukee this summer. The theme of this year’s conference is MKE SHFT — a clever play on several words and related concepts. MKE is the shorthand code for Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport and visually suggests the... Read more
SOTA Catalyst Award: Call for Entries
The Society of Typographic Aficionados is pleased to announce the third annual SOTA Catalyst Award for young people who have created original work in type design, type history, or other areas related to typography. The award recognizes a person 30 years of age or younger... Read more
TypeCon2012: Call for Programming
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is now accepting programming proposals for its fourteenth annual conference. TypeCon2012 will be held at the InterContinental Hotel, July 31st – August 5th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and will once again offer an affordable program designed for type makers and... Read more
TypeCon2012: Education Forum Call for Speakers
Hello educators, students and all interested parties. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is pleased to announce that it will present its seventh Type & Design Education Forum as part of TypeCon2012. This special program will be held on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 at the... Read more
Font Aid V: Release Imminent
You might be wondering to yourself … “What the heck happened with Font Aid V and the Made For Japan typeface they were working on?” Well, suffice it to say, we completely underestimated the amount of time and effort required to see this project through... Read more
There’s a TypeCon Brewing in Milwaukee
Brew Town. City of Festivals. German Athens. MKE. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is pleased to announce that Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be the host city for TypeCon2012. We are very excited to be working with folks at the historic Hamilton Wood Type & Printing... Read more
SOTA Typography Award Honors Erik Spiekermann
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has announced that architect, type designer, author, and educator Erik Spiekermann has been honored with the 2011 SOTA Typography Award. The presentation took place on Saturday, July 9th 2011, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, as part of... Read more
Program Update: Saturday
David Berlow is not able to be with us to give his Adventures in Letterdrawing for Crude Media, & Co presentation Saturday morning. Fortunately, one of David’s Font Bureau cohorts will be here to fill the gap. Nick Sherman will be presenting From Wood Type... Read more
New Orleans Restaurant Guide
Over the past several years the TypeCon Restaurant Guide has been provided to our conference attendees for their noshing and libationary enjoyment. Download this year’s edition — graciously compiled by Melanie Innis — or dig through the seemingly bottomless pit of goodies bag schwag to... Read more
Died Young, Stayed Pretty Poster Show
We are pleased to have the rock and roll poster show that was borne out of Eileen Yaghoobian’s documentary Died Young, Stayed Pretty this year at TypeCon. The poster show consists of a wide range of styles by the artists depicted in the film and... Read more
TypeCon Goes Mobile With SitBy.Us
Take your TypeCon schedule with you, wherever you go. For the second year running, we’ve partnered with the good folks at Weightshift to provide a mobile-optimized conference program using the SitBy.Us web app. SitBy.Us provides easy-to-use, platform independent scheduling designed to make attending events like... Read more
Sweet Étouffée! One week to go!
If your serifs are getting tingly and you’re starting to smell the crawfish, it’s means that TypeCon is just around the corner. Just one week until the type hits the fan in The Big Easy. There’s still time to register. What are you waiting for?... Read more
