Words of Type Community
Words of Type is an initiative made for everyone involved and interested in typography.
As its main project, the encyclopedia aims to be a useful resource with relevant and high quality content. And as language is forever evolving with its time, the project is going to be one under constant changing as well, to stay connected with the advancements of the industry as well as always improving. And that requires extensive efforts with multiple contributors.
To collect funding that we need to cover the costs, and to have a space for its members to connect and exchange ideas, we created Words of Type Community.
WHY A PAID ACCESS
Ideally, we would have gone for a free access to the encyclopedia AND to the community. But keeping both entities free demands recurring that are too important for a small business managed by one person (Lisa here, writing in the plural form, yes yes).
Which is why we had to make a choice: keep the encyclopedia free, while asking for people’s participation for the community, to those who can, and as much as they can.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT
This membership is about helping Words of Type with:
- maintenance of the website and the community;
- development of additional words;
- improvements of published content;
- commission illustration;
- additional translations;
- everything, in fact!
WHAT IT GIVES YOU
Right now, this membership is really about supporting Words of Type, but we keep thinking of ways to give interesting benefits for members. Surprises are on their way, but here is a short list of what members already have:
- access to discussions about future developments;
- priority access on our events;
- access to Q&A with WoT Conversations;
- networking opportunities with other typography pals;
- and the knowledge of our endless gratitude!
ON CIRCLE PLATFORM
The community is a separate platform using Circle. As many of its functionalities and structure are based on popular chat and social media platforms, it is easy to use and navigate in, for real.
Our events are also hosted on the community platform, but are also accessible by non-members once they have booked their seat.
HOW MUCH
The membership is:
- 25€
- for a full year
- renewable at will
To those feeling even more generous, you can choose higher amounts to increase your support and help us even more!
If you have any questions about the membership, feel free to contact us at members@wordsoftype.com.