Part talk, part workshop—this event will introduce attendees to variable fonts (the latest iteration of the OpenType specification) and look at all the ways they can transform how we think about typography on the web. We’ll start with a showcase of the different kinds of standard and custom axes of variation, how they work on the web, and then look at ways they can transform how we think about what typography is, and how we practice it. Finally, we’ll take a look at how variable fonts can enable greater design flexibility and bring better editorial design to the web then you ever thought possible.

Jason Pamental is an internationally recognized expert on web typography and variable fonts, board member of ATypI, and Invited Expert on the W3C Web Fonts Working Group. Author of Responsive Typography (O’Reilly, 2014), articles for Print, HOW Design, TYPE Magazine, Net Magazine, Fonts.com, and publisher of email newsletter Web Typography News. He also travels the globe giving talks and teaching workshops on using type better on the web (over 100 events and counting).

Registration for this special event is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets to the TDC Virtual Salons are free to members only. Non-members are asked for a suggested donation of ten dollars to help fund our free recordings of events and to grow typographic awareness. Donations of $1, $5, $10, or more are welcomed.

Click on the registration link to sign up for this live Zoom webinar via Eventbrite. We suggest downloading the Zoom software prior to the start of this event. We will send you event reminders, but we advise everyone to connect a few minutes prior to the start. The event waiting room will be open 10 minutes ahead of time.

The start time for the live event is:
10:00am LA/SF/Seattle
1:00pm New York (EDT)
6:00pm London (BST)
7:00pm Berlin/Europe
9:00pm Dubai
1:00am Seoul/Manila
2:00am Tokyo
5:00am Auckland

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Twitter: @jpamental
Instagram: @jpamental