TypeCon 2003 Underway

My head is already spinning from all the type talk, ideas, and debate flying around the type conference. As a rank amateur and someone with bad credentials, I have found that my role at the conference is to show the out-of-towners the wonders and delectable of our fine city. So I take folks out for heaps of veggie omelets and then just sit back and listen to the knowledge being dropped. I’ve learned that many of the type obsessed folks here have a borderline unhealthy obsession with comic books and are very excited when they are led to the comic store I used to work at as a kid.

I’m very excited for a panel discussion taking place this Saturday called ‘Talking Type in the Ether: Type & Design Blogs & Online Communities. Presenting will be Jared Benson, Joseph Pemberton, Stephen Coles, Jon Coltz, and Armin Vit.

Tonight at the Walker Art Center will be a lecture presented by the Guru, Matthew Carter, called ‘The Summer of Design‘. Later in the conference, Carter (the man who brought you Verdana) will be unveiling a brand new woodtype that will be produced by the fine folks at the Hamilton Woodtype Museum.