Attendees of the Typographics conference get a 10% discount on Type@Cooper’s workshops from June 12th–22nd.
A promotional discount code will be found on the PDF of your conference ticket. Apply the code during workshop registration to receive your discount.
Sign Painting with John Downer
This class will focus on rendering a few particular styles of capital letters that were commonly used in American sign painting during the 20th century. Script lettering will be addressed in the final day and a half.
Monday-Thursday, June 12th-15th, 9:00am-4:00pm
$880
Grids & Grits with Tânia Raposo
In this workshop we will go through the history of the different grid methods, we will be using pencil and tracing paper to analyse in-use grids from magazines and books, and you will learn how to create grids and how to keep your text aligned to it in Adobe InDesign.
Monday, June 12th, 9:00am-4:00pm
$220
Introduction to Hand Lettering with James Edmondson
In this 4 day workshop, students will learn from the ground up how to sketch letters, make refinements, and produce a finished analog or digital piece. Standard drawing tools will be used to test ideas and push various parameters, though no art or design background is required. This course covers the fundamentals for whichever styles students care to pursue, as well as techniques for harmonious compositions, and eye-catching effects.
Monday-Thursday, June 12th-15th, 10:00am-5:00pm
$880
Type Selector with Tânia Raposo
In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to look at typefaces up close to analyse their details and why they matter, how to pick the best typeface for your project and how pair it with others. You will have a better insight about language support, legibility studies, different kinds of typeface financing and logistics.
Tuesday, June 13th, 9:00am-4:00pm
$220
Micro Typography with Tânia Raposo
In this 1 day workshop you will acquire typographic skills on the micro level — how to solve intricate typographic hierarchies, and how to fine-tune long passages of text. You will learn how and when to use various kinds of dashes, get acquainted with OpenType features and get to know all the strange characters in your glyph palette.
Wednesday, June14th, 9:00am-4:00pm
$220