Punkt: Typecon 2008

Sean Engelhardt — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:36:53 +0000

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After making the trek out to Seattle last year for Typecon 2007, I figured I couldn’t miss this year’s festivities in good old upstate New York, so I decided to attend Typecon 2008 in Buffalo. I spent three days listening to renowned speakers discuss issues related to every conceivable aspect of typography. I was excited to briefly meet Armin Vit who runs Brand New, by far my most favoritest blog in the whole wide world. I was even more pleased later in the conference to later see him and Erik Spiekermann sitting next to each other, tapping away at their laptops.

It was very enlightening and very inspiring, same as last year. I was blown away by the sheer beauty of Doyald Young’s work from his new book Dangerous Curves. Big ornate loopy swashes: not my thing, but still amazing. Highlight of the conference however, was rushing to finish dinner before Spiekermann’s entertaining talk at the Albright-Knox Gallery (and sitting down just in time).

Bonus was that I finally got to spend some time with my friend Nicole, who I studied with in Germany. I saw her parent’s house, her mom babied me because I was sick and her dad and I talked baseball. Which is what it should be like every time you meet someone’s parents for the first time. Mmm, italian hospitality.

It was a good time, and you know what, I’ll probably make it three in a row with Atlanta next year.

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Punkt: Typecon 2008