TDC FontTech Weekend :
Expand your type designing and font production skillset at the TDC FontTech seminar. Learn the new advances in type design tools and their use.
Venue :
Type Directors Club
TDC Conference Center
127 West 25th Street 8th floor (between 6th & 7th)
New York
Date and Time :
Saturday–Sunday 22–23 April 2006 :: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (lunch included)
Cocktail reception Friday evening 21 April : 6:00 – 8:00 pm
TDC FontTech Weekend :
Join us for an intensive, two-day professional seminar and workshop presenting the most up-to-date information and advanced techniques in digital font production. Philosophy of Unicode, glyph and font naming, Python scripting, and font quality assurance and testing will be among the topics covered. An in-depth examination and demonstration of the latest versions of current font-making tools, including FontLab Studio 5 and Microsoft VTT & VOLT, will also be presented to get you up to speed on advanced OpenType feature development and font making.
Speakers :
John Hudson is a type designer specializing in fonts for internationalization and multi-lingual computing. He is co-founder of Tiro Typeworks, and current vice-president of the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI).
Adam Twardoch is Scripting Products and Marketing Manager at Fontlab Ltd. He also develops fonts and font tools for Linotype, MyFonts and other clients worldwide. Adam is ATypI country delegate for Poland and he helps type designers to get their ogoneks right.
Thomas Phinney has long been intimately involved in the development and implementation of OpenType. He is Program Manager for Fonts and SING Technologies at Adobe Systems, where he has worked since 1997.
Diane Collier began a career in type over 18 years ago with Compugraphic and is currently running a consulting business located in MA. She has worked on complex script font development and hinting for Microsoft and Monotype Imaging.
Schedule :
| FontTech Seminar Weekend | |
| Saturday 22 April | |
| 09:00–09:30 | New features of the Adobe Font Development Kit (TP) |
| 09:30–10:00 | Philosophy of Unicode and OpenType features (TP) |
| 10:00–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–12:00 | Planning the glyph repertoire, glyph naming and encoding (JH/AT) |
| 12:00–01:30 | Lunch |
| 01:30–02:30 | FontLab Studio 5 (AT) |
| 02:30–03:00 | Break |
| 03:00–04:00 | FontLab Studio 5 cont. (AT) |
| 04:00–04:30 | Break |
| 04:30–05:30 | FontLab Studio 5 cont. (incl. Python scripting) (AT) |
| Sunday 23 April | |
| 09:00–09:30 | Font family naming and metrics (TP/AT) |
| 10:00–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–11:00 | TrueType hinting introduction (DC/JH) |
| 11:00–12:00 | TrueType hinting with Microsoft VTT (DC) |
| 12:00–01:30 | Lunch |
| 01:30–02:30 | TrueType hinting with FontLab (JH) |
| 02:30–03:00 | Break |
| 03:00–04:00 | OpenType development with Microsoft VOLT (JH) |
| 04:00–04:30 | Break |
| 04:30–05:30 | Font quality assurance and testing(JH/AT) |
Fees :
TDC members : $495 :: Non-members : $595
Register, SVP !
A requirement due to limited space.
Seating is limited.
Reservations will be accepted with payment only.
E-mail the TDC office or call 1-212-633-8943; or, register online on the TDC secure server
:: https://www.tdcsecure.org/classes/default.asp ::
Cancellation Policy :
If you must cancel, please notify us via e-mail at director@tdc.org by Friday 7 April 2006. Your registration fee will be refunded less $50 processing fee. No refunds will be made after this date.
Sponsors :
Adobe Systems Incorporated, Microsoft Corporation, and Monotype Imaging Incorporated
PDF Info :
More Info :
TDC :: Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
T : 1-212-633-8943
F : 1-212-633-8944
E : director@tdc.org
W : http://www.tdc.org/