TypeCon Daily Schedule

Conference and events take place at Revolution Hall unless otherwise noted.

Click to view detailed schedule by the day, or scroll down for the schedule at a glance:

Wed–Sat, 8/06–09: Special Events
Thu, 8/07: Education Forum
Fri–Sat, 8/08–09: Workshops
Fri, 8/08: Main Program, Day 1
Sat, 8/09: Main Program, Day 2


REGISTRATION & VOLUMES MARKET HOURS

Thursday
Registration opens: 11:00a
Registration closes: 6:00p

Friday
Registration & Volumes Market open: 11:00a
Registration closes: 6:30p
Volumes Market closes: 6:00p

Saturday
Registration & Volumes Market open: 11:00a
Registration closes: 2:00p
Volumes Market closes: 6:00p

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 06

5:00p–? | Pre-conference Meet & Greet at Jupiter Next Hotel, 2nd floor lounge
900 E Burnside St Portland, OR 97214 (on your way in, grab a beverage from the cash bar on the ground floor)

Type & Design Education Forum


11:45a–12:00p | Opening remarks: Sharon Oiga & Guy Villa Jr


TYPE DESIGN AND LETTERING

12:00p–12:20p | Sprinting Through Type Design by Andrea Herstowski

12:20p–12:35p | What Can Be Letters, What Letters Can Be: Constructed Scripts in the Design Classroom by Maurice Meilleur

12:35p–12:45p | Materiality—Experimental Lettering Techniques in Album Package Design by Emily Carol Burns

12:45p–1:00p | Q+A

1:00p–1:20p | Break


ANALOG TO DIGITAL

1:20p–1:35p | Tactile Typography: Bringing Physical Type into the Contemporary Classroom by Stephanie Carpenter

1:35p–1:45p | Experiments in Type: Digital, 2D, and 3D Typography by Katie Krcmarik

1:45p–2:00p | Typeworld: What if Typography Could Play? by Grace Spee

2:00p–2:15p | Type in Space: Exploring Interactive, Immersive Experiences with Type, Material, Space, and Augmented Reality by Megan Irwin & Cat Normoyle

2:15p–2:30p | Q+A

2:30p–2:50p | Break


RESEARCH, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY

2:50p–3:05p | Early Forays in Typeface Selection: Using Research to Find the Right Fit by Joe Galbreath

3:05p–3:15p | Design and Illustration: The Ongoing Conversation by Daniel Lee

3:15p–3:25p | Queer Type: Experimental Typography and Art Informed by Legacy by Mike Michalski

3:25p–3:40p | Q+A

3:40p–4:00p | Break


INNOVATIVE PROCESS

4:00p–4:15p | Fluorescent Pink and the Blues: A Collaborative Risograph Zine by Charmaine Martinez

4:15p–4:30p | The Scroll is the New Page: Teaching Typography for the Brand’s Feed by Jan Ballard

4:30p–4:40p | Type(Face) Portrait: A Typographic Exercise by Yasmin Rodriguez

4:40p–4:55p | Snow Fences: Typography as Winter Field Work by Peter Fine

4:55p–5:10p | Q+A

5:10p–5:15p | Closing remarks


5:15p–6:15p | Networking Cocktail Hour at Revolution Hall, sponsored by Google and Typotheque (Ed Forum attendees only. Conference badge required.)

6:00p–9:00p | Future Fonts & Friends TypeCon Party at Outlet

Main Program, Day 1


11:45a–12:00p | Opening remarks: Theresa dela Cruz, Sharon Oiga, Neil Summerour, Molly Doane, Nick Di Stefano

12:00p–12:45p | Keynote address: Kate Bingaman-Burt

12:45p–12:50p | Q+A

12:50p–1:20p | Coffee break & book signing


PRESENTATIONS

1:20p–1:40p | Why is TypeCon in Portland Again? So You Can Hear This Story. Lloyd Reynolds, Reed College, and the Calligraphic Renaissance in Portland Oregon by Gregory MacNaughton

1:40p–2:00p | You’re Losing Your Soul by AJ Mercer

2:00p–2:20p | Put Your Type in the Blender: Using 3D Animation to Market Your Fonts by Brian Dove

2:20p–2:30p | Q+A

2:30p-2:50p | Coffee break

2:50p–3:10p | Reclaiming Typographic Lineages by Vida Sačić

3:10p–3:30p | Nastaʿlīq: The Art of Identity in Iranian Calligraphy by Kourosh Beigpour

3:30p–3:50p | The Phaistos Risk: On Movable Typo-Colonialism by Joshua Unikel

3:50p–4:00p | Q+A

4:00p–4:20p | Coffee break

4:20p–4:40p | Type Without Borders: Enabling Multilingual and Bidirectional Typography for Emerging Markets by Ifran Ahmad

4:40p–5:00p | Codifying a Handwritten Cursive-Mode Exemplar by Jonathan Dubay

5:00p–5:20p | Researching Italian Type History: On Analog and Digital Archives, and a Scrappy Database by Marta Bernstein

5:20p–5:30p | Q+A

5:30–5:40p | Closing remarks


7:30p–9:30p | SOTA Spacebar party at Jupiter Next, sponsored by Monotype (Conference badge required.)

Main Program, Day 2


11:50a–12:00p | Opening remarks

12:00p–12:45p | Keynote address: Cyla Costa

12:45–12:50p | Q+A

12:50p–1:10p | Coffee break


PRESENTATIONS

1:10p–1:30p | Exploring the Use of Vernacular Typography in Latin America Through Gráfica Latina’s Poster Archive by José Menéndez

1:30p–1:50p | Designing Perspectives: Typography, Heritage, and the Voices of Mexican Women in Design by Flor Barajas

1:50p–2:10p | Oh Mies, oh My: Designing the Home that Mies van der Rohe Made by Bud Rodecker

2:10p–2:30p | Designing the New Typeface for Slovak Car License Plates by Michal Tornyai & Simona Császárová

2:30p–2:40p | Q+A

2:40p–3:00p | Coffee break

3:00p–3:20p | When Signs Spoke: A Dive into the Typographic History & Origin of Malaya During the 1940s by Yong Fei Cho

3:20p–3:40p | Rickshaws, Walls and Book Covers: A Tour of Bangladeshi Urban Lettering by Jacob Thomas

3:40p–4:00p | Between Shape, Function, Technology, Language, and Our (different) Perceptions of Typography Expressions by Liyang Zha

4:00p–4:10p | Q+A

4:10p–4:30p | Coffee break

4:30p–4:50p | The Connection Between Hawaiian Heirloom Jewelry and Europe by Ocean Tuia

4:50p–5:10p | A Solid Foundation for Cherokee Type by Chris Skillern

5:10p–5:30p | The Basics Aren’t So Basic: Learning About Oregon Indigenous Language Support by Brandon Buerkle

5:30p–5:40p | Q+A

5:40–5:50p | Closing remarks


7:00p–10:00p | TypeCon Farewell Party at SHOW BAR on 1st floor, Revolution Hall (Conference badge required for open bar.)