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18 and 19 September 2007
At St Bride Library London and the Department of Typography,
University of Reading
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The St Bride Library and the Department of Typography, University of
Reading are collaborating on a two-day conference on non-Latin
typeface design. The conference will be on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday
19 September 2007, and will comprise a day of talks at St Bride
Library, London, and a day of hands-on sessions at the Department of
Typography, Reading.
Speakers at the conference at St Bride include Graham Shaw (Head of
Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections at the British Library), Victor
Gaultney, Thomas Phinney, Simon Prais, Nigel Roche, Mamoun Sakkal,
and Maxim Zhukov.
The hands-on day at Reading includes sessions working with original
material from collections of both institutions. Sessions will be
conducted by: Dr Martin Dodds (Principal Examiner for Urdu, Cambridge
International Exams), Jo de Baerdemaeker, Gerry Leonidas, Thomas
Milo, and Dr Fiona Ross. As sessions at Reading involve working with
original artefacts, places will be limited to 30 persons.
The twin events will be accompanied by substantial exhibitions on the
theme of the conference from the collections of both institutions. A
lot of this material has rarely been seen before, and certainly not
in this concentrated manner. The gems include original drawings for
several reference non-Latin typefaces. The exhibitions will be
curated by Fiona Ross and Rathna Ramanathan.
Registration fees are £60 for the Tuesday only, and £120 for both
days; student fees are £40 and £80 respectively. Accommodation is
available on the Reading campus.
You can book online. See:
http://stbride.org/events_education/events/non-latintypefacedesign
You can also contact St Bride Foundation directly:
email info [at] stbridefoundation [dot] org
telephone 020 7353 3331
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There are limited places still available for the workshop day at the
University of Reading. Please contact St Bride Foundation to book for
both days.