Job:03171 Title:Typography Referenced (Rockport)
Page: 357
350-381 03171 C2.indd 357 10/12/11 11:26 AM
357
Type-Specifi c Resources
Text
Job:03171 Title:Typography Referenced (Rockport)
Page: 357
International Conference
on Typography and Visual
Communication ()
www.ictvc.org
The year marked the fourth occurrence of the
International Conference on Typography and Visual
Communication. The University of Macedonia in
Thessaloniki hosted previous conferences—in ,
, and —with the support of the department
of typography and graphic communication at the
University of Reading () in the United Kingdom
and the Association Typographique Internationale
(), as well as a range of local sponsors. In , a
change of venue took the conference to the University
of Nicosia on the island of Cyprus, though it still
enjoyed the collaboration of its previous supporters.
A large number of international speakers and a
selection of supporting workshops form an impressive
program of events spanning fi ve days, with details
available through the conference website.
TypeCon
www.typecon.com
TypeCon is an event organized by the Society of
Typographic Afi cionados () that has run annually
since . Like other conferences of its kind, TypeCon
moves from city to city within the United States, with the
thirteenth conference, in , held in New Orleans.
Previous topics covered have included type design and
font production, type for the screen and new media, the
history of printing, book arts, Dutch design, type in motion,
calligraphy and hand-lettering, the American Arts and
Crafts Movement, experimental typography, and
Web fonts. An exhibition of international typographic
design accompanies the six-day conference.
350-381 03171.indd 357 9/22/11 10:15 AM