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Type Brigade

@typebrigade

Vancouver’s type design and typography speaker series. Organised by @kennethormandy, @alannamun, & friends.

 Vancouver, Canada
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Joined May 2014
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Mary Banas@marybanas5 Jun 2020
BIPOC Designers who want to make a typeface — apply!
Juan Villanueva (@Juan_Kafka) profile pictureJuan Villanueva@Juan_Kafka4 Jun 2020
Replying to @Juan_Kafka
I’m grateful to the generosity of this community for creating FOUR spots for BIPOC in my Principles of Typeface Design: Display Type @coopertype Application details on the image below:
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As an idiot student I was assigned a project on Wim Crouwel. In my hubris I just contacted him directly with questions. He replied with such care, delicacy and kindness to a student who was so clearly naive. He was a good person as much as he was a good designer. RIP Gridnik.
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Womentor is a mentorship program for women in graphic design - if you have 5 years’ experience visit the website for info & to apply. See here:
Womentor (@womentor_) profile pictureWomentor@womentor_7 Mar 2019
SO PROUD & EXCITED to announce the launch of Womentor Program 3, today on International Women's Day. Womentor is now global, with 22 international mentors. Visit our website for info & to apply. More soon! womentor.com.au #Womentor #IWD2019 #womenindesign #design
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Interested in submitting an idea for the courtyard project but would like to complete the application over the Canada Day long weekend? No problem. The deadline has been extended to July 7. We hope this will give applicants some breathing room. #ChinatownYVR @BC_Artscape
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We're proud to announce the return of the 3rd Annual Vancouver Mural Festival this summer! VMF takes place on the Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Details: facebook.com/events/24021766…
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TypeCon@typecon4 Jun 2018
Happy Monday! Our schedule for TypeCon2018: Xx is live. Check out the list of fantastic speakers taking the stage in Portland this August. #typecon Education Forum typecon.com/education Main Program typecon.com/program
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Jason Munn, concert poster for Mac Demarco, 2014. Read more about Munn in our feature at letterformarchive.org/news/j…
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Just out now: this month’s edition of fontofthemonth.club is Merit Badge, a variable color font. Happy June! djr.com/merit-badge #variablefonts #colorfonts
Merit Badge is a variable color font.

ALT Merit Badge is a variable color font.

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New on the Blog: 1000 words about SONIC Sans, a new sans serif family drawn for @sonicdrivein, in collaboration with the folks at @wehatesheep. blog.losttype.com/sonic-sans…
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marian bantjes@bantjes14 May 2018
Announcing my new “Certificates for Everyday Things”: 10 wonderful Certificates to celebrate ordinary life. Deets at certificatesforeverydaything…
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Ready to kick-off a solid @vandesignwk weekend. Find us partyin' at Robson Square tonight, breakfasting at @vancityatelier tomorrow, touring studios on Sunday, and of course, hosting our own open house tomorrow afternoon. Say hi! lt10.co/2G8e6bC
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I’m excited to be kicking off @vandesignwk tonight with my talk @typebrigade ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Toshi Omagari@Tosche_E3 May 2018
Kerning
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Adding to this body of work: Responsive typography that responds to viewing angle to stay more readable in 3D space. (@DaltonMaag’s Venn typeface by Fernando Caro & Deiverson Ribeiro – thanks to @bianca_berning). More tests here: nitter.gq/Aetherpoint/status/985…
Andrew Johnson (@Aetherpoint) profile pictureAndrew Johnson@Aetherpoint16 Apr 2018
Testing responsive type that adapts to viewing angles so that it stays more readable in 3D space. (This is @DaltonMaag’s Venn typeface by Fernando Caro & Deiverson Ribeiro – thanks to @bianca_berning).
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Bram Stein@bram_stein14 Mar 2018
Slides from my @robothonconf 2018 slides on Linebreaking, Justification & Variable Fonts: speakerdeck.com/bramstein/li…

Line breaking, justification, and variable fonts

A look at line breaking and justification, and how variable fonts will improve justified text. Presented at Robothon Conference 2018.

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.@typebrigade has announced their next event on March 20, 2018 at 7:00pm in Vancouver —  Arabic calligrapher Tauheed Faheem and graphic designer Lidia Perez meetup.com/typebrigade/event…
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Save the date for this year's edition of #VancouverDesignWeek! Interested in participating? Sign Up here: bit.ly/2svggk6.
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Call for papers: Letterpress printing: past, present, future, @UniversityLeeds 19-20 July 2018: letterpress.leeds.ac.uk/even… Deadline 13 April 2018. Organised by @CentreCHoP and @PrintHistory.
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grayhood@gray_hood19 Jan 2018
Tear It Down by @sharonjones youtube.com/watch?v=5PUsEt5I… All proceeds from sales will go to the National Immigration Law Center, a policy education, legal training and litigation support resource for immigrants. available to purchase from @DaptoneRecords : shopdaptonerecords.com/produ…
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You can be cool but you'll never be 80's Susan Kare cool
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