Fontstand and STA to organize a new lecture series in Chicago
Fontstand partnered with The Society of Typographic Arts (STA) in Chicago to organise a regular series of lectures on type design and typography.
STA was established in 1927, Chicago’s oldest professional design organization, promoting high standards and focus on the art and craft of typography, design, and visual communication. Fontstand, a typeface discovery tool, partnered with STA to curate a new lecture series program to bring inspirational type designers to Chicago.
The first in the series is James Edmondson of OH no Type Foundry, a chill, San Francisco-based type designer that reinvents expressive under-appreciated genres of type design. Save the date, Tuesday October 24, 6pm, at Leo Burnett. Get your tickets here. As a bonus, James will conduct a Type & Lettering Crit the following night. Don't miss this amazing opportunity.
Fontstand and STA named this series of talks ‘Font Faces’, and plan to bring a mix of type designers to Chicago every spring and fall. Fontstand will be giving away $20 credit to all attendees of the event for the fonts of the presented author — this time, James’ fonts such as Hobeaux. Even thought the font rental will be offered for free, Fontstand will pay the royalties to the authors to support the work of type designers.