Best presentation for me was the Frutiger tribute. I also learned a great deal from the Dwiggins Fest. The best one-liners were from David Berlow “Scrolling all the way to Martha’s Vinyard”
The best part is always meeting the people and being able to unabashedly talk type without seeing the unannointed glaze over in boredom :-)
The PunchCut online hazing via onscreen textmessaging was a scream too! The Boston weather was PERFECT!

ChrisL

Only one session was recorded (OS X Font Management) and it will be up next week. We’d like to do more recording (at least audio) next year, but that is largely dependent on able volunteers.

TypeRadio isn’t a part of TypeCon, but they have in the past (and hopefull will again) broadcast from TypeCon.

TypeCon TV is something we are hoping to incorporate in the future.

TypeGallery will be updated soon(ish).

I enjoyed everything David Berlow said, and I also enjoyed the presentation on the type design for the Xbox 360. I would have been annoyed enough to stab myself if I had to do such a project without being able to see what it would look like in its final setting. That, I suppose is one of my personal issues I ought to work on. ;)

Also, if you haven’t already, I recommend checking out the Typecon group on Flickr. Viewing those photos will give you an idea of what went on at typecon.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/typecon/pool/

Daidala has a few good blog entries on TypeCon too.
http://www.daidala.com/

-Jon-

I really enjoyed meeting all the real live typographic afficionados and talking to them face to face (rather than online). It was so wonderful to be surrounded by people who all dealt with and who were all involved with type in different ways. I thought the most entertaining bit was the typographic videos that were presented at the start of the conference and especially the little video on what a typographer sees when out in the real world. I would *love* to get a copy of that to show my students!

For me, seeing the Helvetica film preview was a real treat; hearing personal stories about Adrian Frutiger was really impressive; meeting other type teachers and attending the type education forum was great fun and provided me with lots of ideas; and I really enjoyed the presentation by Nicolas Benson on the memorial he designed and his experience with cutting all the letters into the stone and battling the elements.

It was a really great time.
Andi

David Berlow “Scrolling all the way to Martha’s Vinyard”

I did not say that...we were too far north at the time and looking at a character that had no descenders, (I).

Thanks to Sota and the attendees, there was a good amount for content with guts. My faves: Apple admitting their font management is thin. w3c’s Lilly announcing that the “network” was going to take care of this (screen font) problem. MS announcing that they would not help was also refreshingly honest. The fashion show was really cool, I wish now that I’d bought a “kern” hoodie. And it’s always nice to be un-caffeinated, as I always am, amongst a whirling swirl of addicts. But the most joy I always get at conferences is seeing the people come out of the engine rooms of this industry to sit in the sunshine and hear nice things about type, because they deserve it the most.

“I did not say that…we were too far north at the time and looking at a character that had no descenders, (I).”

LOL!!! But it at least was always 10pt :-)

ChrisL

David, I think those observations arise from the “blue-collar” (as you’ve put it) advantage that Typecon has over ATypI (although I personally think we need both for balance). Now if we could just get SoTA to revert to more populist venues...

http://www.ehi.com/travel/mexico/majorcit/tijuana-hotels-grand-hotel-tij...

hhp

Being a “grass roots” organization, SOTA relies on locals for a significant part of its attendance. Conferences are organized by a local committee, and these are also people who have been involved as volunteers at previous TypeCons. So there is a combination of conference experience, committment, and local knowledge and connections going into every TypeCon.

A number of South Americans have attended TypeCon, and one board member, Claudio Rocha, is from Brazil. So Sao Paulo would be a more likely venue than Tijuana.

We’ve had this exact same discussion before, but the Typophile search isn’t working properly, and I’m too lazy/bored to rehash all the reasons why I think Tijuana is a much better option than anywhere in South America (at least until SoTA really gets its feet internationally wet).

Get in touch with Jorge de Buen, and you’ll have the best Typecon to date.

hhp

I guess Tijuana is an easy drive from LA?

ChrisL

>at least until SoTA really gets its feet internationally wet

Once again Canada gets lumped in with the US - no wonder they all hate us up there :-)

With all the type folks in Canada, it seems like a good choice. I don’t know which city would be best though. Toronto?

ChrisL

Yep, we did Toronto in 2002. Hence the smiley.

Cheers, Si

Chris: Yeah, that explains how I drove to Thessaloniki, twice.

Simon: Please note the “really”. It’s a magically useful qualifier. Really.

hhp

Seattle is the farest point of US we have from South America :) (between 17 and 26 hours from Buenos Aires). Anyway I think I ll go next year.... but San Diego or Tijuana sounds more funny and less rainy for me :P

>Tijuana sounds more funny and less rainy for me :P

Seattle is ’funny’ but in a different way. As for the rain that’s a myth designed to keep the Californians away (sorry Hrant) - sure it’s gray and damp between October 1 and June 1st, but NYC gets more annual rainfall. First week of August is a safe bet, and my guess is that the weather will be more comfortable in Seattle than Tijuana at that time of the year. Not that the weather really matters - my forecast “72 and fluorescent” inside the hotel.

72 and fluorescent

LOL!

I think Tijuana is a much better option than anywhere in South America

That may be, but without anyone from Tijuana getting involved with TypeCon first, it’s unlikely to happen. Si waited for so long for TypeCon to come to Seattle, he went over to the other side.

“that explains how I drove to Thessaloniki, twice.”

LOL!!!

ChrisL

PS: Wish I could drive to Thessaloniki once!

I understand TJ is getting some culcha, once you get out of the immediate vicinity of the border. Might be a very fun location....

I’m biased; I’m a Mexican citizen.

Hombre, TJ’s culture is muy pero muy rico, and it’s the Typecon kind.

> without anyone from Tijuana getting involved with TypeCon first

What is this, Israel versus Hzballa? Judging from what I’ve seen (like the Q&A after my talk at a university there about what it takes to design type) the merest flicker of attention on SoTA’s part would trigger a deluge of interest. Giving that a shot certainly wouldn’t take much energy; in fact with Jorge in the picture all it might take is one email. BTW, MS and Adobe aren’t exactly “grass roots”...

And Simon: The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.

hhp

Mira, just ask Armin Vit.

hhp

>And Simon: The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.

Where there’s smog there’s ire ;-)

MS and Adobe aren’t exactly “grass roots”…

That’s what we keep telling them, and hopefully next year MS will rise above the “24pt” sponsorship level.

Ha!

But we should get back to answering Josh’s question I think.

I’ll have a slash -

Best workshop - for me Adam Twardoch and Thomas Phinney talking about using MM tech with fontlab.

Best pressentation - That’s hard because I liked nearly all of them and the vast majority were very strong. But if pushed I would make it a 3 way tie between John Benson talking about Dwiggins, Bruno Steinert talking about Adrien Frutiger & Mike Parker talking about Adrien Frutiger.

Best thing I learned... probably the current state of font tech/management and how difficult is is inevitably going to be to be even mostly on top of it.

My feeling is that you are only ever going to get 2% of what an attendee had available to them via typophile even if we all cooperate fully & disgourge all our fave info from TypeCon.

The strangest moment: In a darkened room, Bruno Steinert at the lectern, reading the Book of Genesis to the hushed congregation, while we gazed in awe upon Adrian Frutiger’s illustrations and book design for the same.