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Panel Discussion: The New Web Typography

Event Overview:
Typography on the web has been handcuffed for years. In the online world, designers have been limited to a small number of “web safe” fonts. Achieving true typographic nuance has required a workaround: converting text to graphics, using Flash, or applying another various and sundry technique.

But now, all that is changing—and changing quickly. With most browsers supporting CSS @font-face, any licensed font can be used on a website and downloaded to a user’s device. This use of so-called “web fonts” has begun a revolution in typography on the web.

To get to the bottom of this revolution, we’re assembling an all-star cast of web font specialists, web designers, developers, and type designers. They’ll give an overview of web fonts, providing background on their benefits, the problems they solve, and the various options they offer designers. A panel discussion and audience questions. will follow.

Event Moderator:
Bill Davis, Marketing Programs Mgr, Monotype Imaging
Bill Davis discovered his love of type at an early age, and has spent his career working with type & typography in the design, advertising, publishing and printing industries. At Monotype Imaging, Bill is actively involved in a variety of font technology initiatives including Web fonts. One of his favorite fonts is PMN Caecilia – a robust slab serif that was chosen by Amazon for the Kindle.

Event Panelists:
Erik Vorhes, Senior Developer, VSA Partners
David Demaree, Web Developer, Typekit
Jackson Cavanaugh, Type Designer, Okay Type
Nick Sherman, Typographer, Font Bureau

The McCormick Tribune Campus Center
Illinois Institute of Technology
3201 S State Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Date: 10.06.11
Time: 6-7:10pm Reception, 7:15-8:45pm Presentation

Ticket Options
Member: $10.00
Non-member: $20.00
Student: $5.00