Words of Type

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Words of Type is a platform to expand and practice your knowledge in typography.

With a series of articles, lectures and workshops about diverse content with people speaking multiple languages, they are great opportunities to learn and practice, get live feedback, and discuss with experts from around the world.

Our goal(s)

We are aiming for a place that reflects and cultivates our international typographic world to, eventually, bring people closer together.

COMING SOON: a new version of this website is in progress! Stay tuned!

Family, illustration by Jay Cover.

Alphabet, illustration by James Graham.

Contrast, illustration by Erik van Blokland.

Hanzi, illustration by Tezzo Suzuki.

Emphasis, illustration by Malota.

Binding, illustration by Yann Bastard.

Legibility, illustration by Catherine Potvin.

Template, illustration by Raven Mo.

Sans Serif, illustration by Pauline Fourest.

Substitution, illustration by Chloe Kendall.

Calligraphy, illustration by Jonny Wan.

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Events 2024

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Events 2024

JUN. 6, 2025conversationOnlineBooking openWoT Conversation Ep.4With Garine Gokceyan, Thomas Huot-Marchand, Liang Hai, Toshi Omagari, Morgane Pierson

JULY 3, 2025LectureOnlineBooking openImpacts of preserving endangered writing systemsWith Jo De Baerdemaeker

JULY 3, 2025LectureOnlineBooking openArabic Script: Then & NowWith Kamal Mansour

JUNE 21, 2025LectureOnlineBooking openCyrillic script and typographyWith Maria Doreuli, Krista Radoeva

JUNE 28 + JULY 12, 2025WorkshopOnlineBooking openIntroduction to CyrillicWith Maria Doreuli, Krista Radoeva

JULY 7 + 14, 2025WorkshopOnlineBooking openType Design 101: Designing from a Thai perspectiveWith Mint Tantisuwanna

JUN. 23 – JUL. 24, 2025WorkshopOnlineBooking openKnuth–Bigelow Incubator - Full program (South East Asia)With Multiple

JUN. 23 – JUL. 24, 2025WorkshopOnlineBooking openKnuth–Bigelow Incubator - Full program (Arabic)With Multiple

MAY 16, 2025LectureOnlinePastLegibility research from a non-Latin perspectiveWith Héctor Mangas Afonso

APR. 12 + 19, 2025WorkshopOnlinePastIntroduction to Font Production (Workshop)With Rosalie Wagner

APR. 6 + 13, 2025WorkshopOnlinePastType Design fundamentals with Greek script [x2 Sundays]With Irene Vlachou

APR. 5, 2025LectureOnlinePastIntroduction to Font Production (Lecture)With Rosalie Wagner

MAR. 23, 2025LectureOnlinePastAbout Greek script and typographyWith Irene Vlachou

MARCH 21, 2025LectureOnlinePastIndigenous Language Support, A Design ProcessWith Kevin King

MAR. 7, 2025conversationOnlinePastWoT Conversation Ep.3With Marie Boulanger, Veronika Burian, Min-Young Kim, Amy Papaleas, Alice Savoie

Dec.6, 2024conversationOnlinePastWoT Conversation Ep.2With Cara Di Edwardo, Indra Kupferschmid, Jean-Baptiste Levée, Li Zhiqian, Gen Ramirez

NOV. 24, 2024LectureOnlinePastHebrew Type and TypographyWith Shani Avni

Oct. 12 + 19, 2024WorkshopOnlinePastLettering match-making from Latin to HangeulWith Mingoo Yoon

OCT. 5, 2024LectureOnlinePastIntroduction to Hangeul history and designWith Min-Young Kim

SEPT. 7, 2024conversationOnlinePastWoT Conversation Ep. 1With David Berlow, Eric Q. Liu, Tânia Raposo, Nick Sherman, Mariko Takagi

July 13, 2024WorkshopOnlinePastDevanagari Lettering; match-making from Latin to DevanagariWith Namrata Goyal

JULY 6, 2024LectureOnlinePastIntroduction to DevanagariWith Namrata Goyal

JUNE 29 + JULY 6, 2024WorkshopOnlinePastLettering match-making from Latin to Chinese HanziWith Lisa Huang

JUNE 22, 2024LectureOnlinePastChinese Hanzi, the script and its typographyWith Lisa Huang

June 8 + 15WorkshopOnlinePastLettering match-making from Latin to ThaiWith Boom Promphan Suksumek

June 1LectureOnlinePastThai script typography, an introductionWith Boom Promphan Suksumek