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Friday, June 27 4:02 pm/ Posted by Tamye / Permalink
It's become a tradition - Matthew Carter, John Downer, and Akira Kobayashi will once again donate their time and expertise to lead their famous Type Critique sessions during TypeCon. These masters of the craft will offer gentle, constructive criticism to ten designers submitting a single type design for review.
UPDATE - Our dear friend Matthew cannot make it for the Type Critiques this year. Standing in for him will be Mike Parker of Font Bureau. Mike was the director of new type development at Mergenthaler Linotype (the top type position in the world at the time) for two decades before going on to digital pioneering at Bitstream and FB. He is a good friend of Matthew's and has worked with him for many years. We are delighted that Mike will join John and Akira in this year's Type Critiques!
The rules are just a little different this year. Until Saturday morning of TypeCon, the Type Crit sign-up list will be reserved for designers who haven't signed up for a Type Crit in previous years. If spots remain open after that time, past "crittees" are welcome to sign up.
A gentle reminder: Single typefaces only - no typeface families will be reviewed. Please bring printed specimens at a size that's easy for viewing, and for passing around the review table. Multiple copies of specimens are appreciated. No presentations on laptop computers will be allowed.
Take a sneak peak at the critique sessions held last summer at TypeCon2007 in Seattle - SOTA volunteer Eben Sorkin has been working on multimedia showcases of the crits, and has posted the first one on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMxpxMpcTI
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