Type Design for Non-Type Designers with Matteo and Rainer

Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Mon, 29 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm UTC-04:00

The Cooper Union | New York

Typographics Festival
Publisher/HostTypographics Festival
Type Design for Non-Type Designers with Matteo and Rainer
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Typographics Conference (in-person) ticket holders can have a 10% discount on this workshop. Write to [email protected] for the promo-code
About this Event

ticket holders can have a 10% discount on this workshop. Write to [email protected] for the promo-code to take advantage of this offer before you pay.

In this two-day class, you will learn the basics of designing and generating a variable font with the font-design software Glyphs (Mac only). Go beyond choosing the same typefaces from the type menu to creating your own!
On the first day, we will learn the basics of drawing a font, generate the font, and use it in an Adobe app or a web browser. In the afternoon, we will add additional letters to the font, learning how to space them, add diacritics and punctuation.
On the second day, we will add more letters, design a bold version of the same typeface, create a variable font—and make it animate in a web browser.
At the end of the class, you will probably not have a finished font, but a respectable start and a deep understanding about how fonts are made. And maybe you’ll become a type design addict. You have been warned.
Level and prerequisites: beginner, no prior knowledge necessary. Bring your MacBook.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 674.10

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