TYPO Labs 2017 – Date and first confirmed speakers for the second font conference are in place

After a successful premiere in May 2016, TYPO Labs will open its door again next spring, from April 6 – 8, 2017 in Berlin. The motto of the second font technology conference is „New Dimensions in Type Engineering“. Early bird tickets available now.

TYPO Labs 2017 - Date and first confirmed speakers for the second font conference are in place

Berlin, November 3, 2016. TYPO Labs is back. With the title „New Dimensions in Type Engineering“, the 2017 conference will be devoted to the newest developments in font technology, for instance OpenType variations, colour fonts, current language expansions and the newest python tools. For three days, TYPO Labs will attract the most influential companies in the font industry to Berlin, including representatives from Google, Microsoft and Adobe. The lab offers a unique opportunity to experience firsthand which tools, technology, and trends are currently at the forefront of typeface development. In a nutshell: TYPO Labs offer a meeting point for people who have the say in the font industry with the people who listen to them, so that writing and reading will be even more comfortable in the future.

The first elements of the programme are already in place. Dan Rhatigan, senior manager of Adobe Type (New York) will provide an overview of the new OpenType 1.8 technology. What kind of experiences have type designers had so far with variable fonts? Which environments already support the new technology? And – how useful are the first products? Also on the programme are developers from the most popular font development tools, including Glyphs (represented by Reiner Erich Scheichelbauer and Georg Seifert) und FontLab (Thomas Phinney, Yuri Yarmola, Adam Twardoch). Also on the speaker list are Jeff Wu, general manager of Arphic Technologies from Taiwan, and American font developers Bob Taylor, Tom Rickner and Sampo Kaasila. We are happy to announce that we have been able to attract Marina Chaccur and Liron Lavi Turkenich to serve as moderators.

A single goal unites all the speakers, exhibitors and the organisers from Monotype. We all want to accelerate the transfer of knowledge in font development, to attract greater attention to a small industry that delivers the building blocks for digital visual communications. Social media and messaging provide the greatest fuel for further developing out typefaces. In order for those communications to function seamlessly across all operating systems, it is especially browser and operating system developers who need to be brought into the fold. TYPO Labs has the necessary critical mass to do that, as the first one in 2016 proved.

„We are facing new developments of seismic scale“, explains conference director Jürgen Siebert, „which is expressed with our motto „New Dimensions in Type Engineering“. Soon it will be possible for the characteristics of a font, for instance the strokes“ weight, width, or contrast, to change depending on how you view them. That allows the written word to react to conditions such as screen size, the light, movement and distance to reader.“

Register now and secure your early bird tickets for the 2017 TYPO Labs. Single tickets are available here for 296 euros, group tickets for three people or more for 277 euros each.

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About Monotype

Monotype is a leader in empowering expression and engagement through a combination of type, technology and expertise. Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Monotype provides customers worldwide with typeface solutions for a broad range of creative applications and consumer devices. The company“s libraries and e-commerce sites are home to many of the most widely used typefaces – including the Helvetica®, Frutiger® and Univers® families – as well as the next generation of type designs. Further information is available at www.monotype.com Follow Monotype on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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