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A daily stream of tweets, links, tunes, images, and other bloggish bits and bobs posted by Grant Hutchinson.

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Dave Foster speaks typography, Live at The Distillery

Frm the site: “Sydney-born designer Dave Foster speaks about his time in The Netherlands further his craft of typography design. Winner of the Design NSW Travelling Scholarship, Dave studied Typography at the Royal Academy of Art. This session of Live at The Distillery was held on 14 March 2013, to an audience of around 100 guests.”

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UW Libraries’ Text Support calls for a closer look at the history of paper

From the site: “The [University of Wisconsin] Libraries’ exhibit examines the history and production of this material and its role as the silent sidekick in the history of printing. Curated by Tracy Honn and Lyn Korenic, the exhibition runs through June 28th.”

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TDC Type Walk: Richmond Hill & Woodhaven

From the site: “Since the fall of 2005 Paul Shaw has been leading walking tours of lettering in New York City for the Type Directors Club. The latest lettering tour [on Sunday, May 19th] will cover the adjacent Queens neighborhoods of Woodhaven and Richmond Hill.”

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Type Tuesday: Henrik Kubel — New Work, New Fonts, New Transport

Eye magazine hosts an informal evening for designers and typographers with
Henrik Kubel. Tuesday, June 4th at the St Bride Foundation.

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Public Lettering Walk with Phil Baines

Starting at the St Bride Foundation, heading through the city to Smithfield and ending near Farringdon station, the walk will consider the differing roles of architectural and fascia lettering, discuss the factors which separate good from bad, and touch on the history of this part of the capital. Thursday, May 23rd

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ISType 2013 Pre Event — Alejandro Paul

As part of ISType 2013 in Istanbul, Alejandro Paul will be presenting “Establishing a Niche in Type Design” on Tuesday, May 7th .

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Universal Typography by Tim Brown

From the site: “[…] in his talk, Tim Brown shows us how to practice typography in a way that is equally universal. Focusing on traditional typographic principles, while also embracing progressive enhancement, Tim explains how fonts, CSS, web-enabled devices, and user contexts coexist. Adobe MAX Los Angeles, May 4–8, 2013.”

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International Students’ Moving Type Festival

The MoTyF review and symposium will take place in the National Museum in Warsaw, the workshops in the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology, from May 27th through 29th, 2013.

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Kerning, A Promising New Typography Conference In Italy

Yves Peters: “… in just two weeks when I will be talking at Kerning, the first international conference in Italy (and by extension South Europe) dedicated solely to typography and web typography.”

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TDC展2013/ギンザ・グラフィック・ギャラリー

The Tokyo Type Directors Club presents an exhibition of its 2013 award winners at the Ginza Graphic Gallery.

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The TYPO Video Portal — San Francisco 2013

Speaker videos from the recent TYPO San Francisco 2013 talks. Featuring Spiekermann and others.

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TYPO San Francisco — Contrast Conversations

A roundup of what the speakers proffered during this week’s TYPO SF conference.

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TDC Type Walk with Paul Shaw: Tribeca

Paul Shaw’s latest Creative Week lettering tour will cover Tribeca — New Your City’s former manufacturing area that has become one of the most popular residential neighborhoods.

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The Museum of Printing Spring Type Sale

Tables of type and everything letterpress — quoins, keys, sticks, furniture, sorts, wood cuts, orphan letters (metal and wood), registration pins, ink, and more — all useful, some simply nice to look at and collectible, will be on sale. April 13th, 2013 at the Museum of Printing in North Andover, Massachusetts.

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Emily Carr Speaker Series — Peter Bil’ak: Depth + Width

From the site: “Peter Bil’ak talk will take a look at the specialized practices that are evident in the current design world, and offer examples of an alternative model where seemingly unrelated disciplines can inform and enrich the work of smaller independent studios.”

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