Part 7 of 12

Anne Quito: “Type: More Newsworthy Than Ever”
Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019
SVA Theatre, New York City
March 1, 2019

Video recording sponsored by Google

Type Drives Culture is the TDC’s annual one-day conference that reflects the changing face(s) of typography.

Design writer Anne Quito (Quartz) describes her relationship to the role of fonts in the news and highlights instances in which fonts and typography made the news.

TYPE DRIVES CULTURE

The theme for 2019 was “Type: More _____ Than Ever”, an interactive concept that invites new voices to fill in the blank about the present and future of type.

Like many industries, typography and type design have long suffered from a lack of diversity and inclusion. But the doors are beginning to widen, revealing a pathway for new ideas, perspectives, and leaders.

With this year’s line up we’re pushing open those doors to feature as many diverse designers, global scripts, and regions as possible.

Watch all twelve videos to see two of the most influential typeface designers of the 21st century, Fiona Ross and Kris Holmes, along with a new generation of designers and thinkers who are making type more accessible, more global, and more exciting than ever before.