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04 Sep 2009
Workshop at MIT Pune
ITF conducted its first typographic workshop, in collaboration with the MIT Institute of Design in Pune.
The intention of this two days workshop was to examine and understand the anatomy of the alphabet through a formal analysis of letters, and propose two new graphemes.
Students started with an analysis of Latin alphabet system, studying the relationships of upper and lower case, formal and informal writing (constructed vs cursive writing) and grouping and categorising of letters. In the first day, students proceded with handwriting exercises aimed at deeper understanding of the existing structure of the alphabet. In the day two, students analysed existing typefaces, and tried to integrate the new symbols in the chosen typeface. They used vector drawing tools to define the shapes following the given design parameters.
This short workshop demonstrated that type design is more than just drawing individual shapes but it is about understanding construction principles and structure of the chosen writing script. Thanks for the MIT students for their hard work!
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Jay Thakkar, 13 September 2012, 02:07 PM
Hi. I wanted to inquire if you take workshops in other institutions also. At Faculty of Design, Interior Design, CEPT University, we have a course on Graphic Design (1 and 2) in Semester 3 and 4. I would be quite keen to know if you would also conduct a workshop here. Please do let me know about it. Jay Thakkar A/Professor CEPT University, Ahmedabad
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Peter Bilak, 01 March 2011, 01:03 PM
@Liang Hai In the workshop we had also people from different places, some were not even students. Most of them came from MIT though. Second question, yes, it is one of the student's proposal. @Rajesh Patel There will be more workshop. Sign us for our RSS, or Facebook page to be informed about the future events.
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LIANG Hai, 11 February 2011, 02:20 PM
Ah, it seems like a workshop only for the students of MITID. So that's why we didn't see any information published before? In the second photo, is that some glyphs designed to represent some Devanagari consonants alone instead of employing two Latin letters?
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Rajesh Patel, 09 February 2011, 11:36 PM
This is looking really interesting. Are you planning more workshops in the future? How can I join?