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We Are Family! Lecture by David Johnathan Ross at the Cooper Union, NYC

  • Rose Auditorium 41 Cooper Square New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)
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We Are Family! I’ve Got All My Variations With Me

Presented by Type@Cooper NYC
The Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium

The new OpenType variable font format will redefine what it means to make and use a typeface family; in this new format, a single font file can contain multiple weights, widths, optical sizes, and more! I will discuss the development of type families in the 20th and 21st centuries, and share my own experience creating large series of type. I will illustrate why variable fonts have the potential to influence this creative process, and in doing so how they may affect the relationship between type maker and type user.

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