Christophe Plantin
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My pre-Twitter life was from ca.1520–1589. Garamont and Granjon were my contemporaries at the time. Today, Dr. Frank E. Blokland voices my thoughts via Twitter.
Antwerp
Joined August 2012
And the research into the standardization of Renaissance type-design and font-production practices continues…
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In a *very* warm Antwerp, the EcTd panels were mounted yesterday for the In ‘Plantin’s Footsteps 2025’ exhibition at Museum Plantin-Moretus. They showcase impressive research into Renaissance patterning and its practical translation into digital revivals by this year’s laureates.
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Preparations for the upcoming ‘In Plantin’s Footsteps’ exhibition at Museum Plantin-Moretus are in full swing. More than twenty EcTd graduates will present group and individual projects. This event marks the grand finale of 15 years of innovative type-design education in Antwerp.
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With five months still to go before enrollment closes, we are excited to share that the minimum number of students has already been exceeded. This means that the new Origin of Type Frameworks (OTF) course will officially start this fall. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!
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it is entirely logical to approach archetypal patterning not just as a historical exercise, but as a viable method for developing contemporary typefaces. This idea forms the core of the new Origin of Type Frameworks (OTF) course. The related press release:
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Registrations for the OTF Course are starting to come in. Word is spreading, including via the March newsletter from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA):
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After teaching for 30 years at the Plantin Institute of Typography, Frank will retire from Antwerp this summer. Jeremy Tankard will now take over the EcTd course. However, the original opinionated focus on pattern formation will continue in a new program:
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Last week the offline introduction of the Expert class Type design 2024–25 course took place in the auditorium of Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp. The 24 students flew in from all over the world. Apparently there is quite some interest in a pattern-forming view on type (design).
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Recently, Blackletra Type Foundry released Drummond, a typeface by the talented Brazilian type designer Dr. Emerson Eller. It is the result of an intensive revival process that originated in the Expert class Type design 2018–2019 course. More information:
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On unitization and associated gauges in the early days of typography: some speculative considerations about possible archetypal measurement systems and the reproduction of punchcutters’ frameworks, based on distillations from artefacts and reconstructions.
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Perhaps also triggered by the current EcTd exhibition in Museum Plantin-Moretus, there is a lot of interest in the upcoming course. That is why we have decided to increase the number of students to a total of 24. There are only a few seats still available.
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The exhibition ‘In Plantin’s Footsteps 2024’ will run for another month in Museum Plantin-Moretus. It displays the type-design and typography projects of the recent laureates of the Plantin Institute of Typography:
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Yesterday, four rooms were decorated for the upcoming 2024 expo in Museum Plantin-Moretus by laureates and staff of the Plantin Institute with the help of museum employees. More than 50 printed panels (sponsored by Agfa) on type and typography were mounted on the colored walls.
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Registration for the Plantin Institute’s ‘mixed formula’ Expert course Type design 2024–2025 edition is about to close. There are a maximum of 16 seats and 13 are already occupied by participants from all over the world. More information can be found here:
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RT @ExquisiteFonts: Melting Metal; Developing Typecraft describes the research into punchcutter frameworks from the Renaissance, Baroque an….
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Recently the February 2024 newsletter from the Plantin Institute of Typography in Antwerp was sent out to announce two courses for those interested in the practical and theoretical aspects of type design, font production, and the history of type:
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Melting Metal; Developing Typecraft is a publication by the graduates of the Expert class Type design 2022–23. It is the result of a thorough investigation into the reuse of patterns recorded in frameworks during the Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassicism.
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Final call: this year’s in-person edition of the Expert class Type design offers a unique opportunity to scrutinize type-foundry artifacts and study type design under the roof of Museum Plantin-Moretus. Next year the course will be inevitably online again.
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On Saturday, September 16, the annual graduation event of the Plantin Institute of Typography took place in the beautiful Museum Plantin-Moretus. Among the graduates were 14 EcTd students. And in exactly one month the new EcTd 2023–2024 course will start.
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Speculative and moreover on Facebook: to measure is to know, but what exactly do we know about measurements in the type-foundry production processes? For example, how were gauges made and did this perhaps have something to do with an intrinsic unitization?
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A number of participants have already registered for the Typography Summer School 2023, which will take place from 21 to 25 August at the University of Antwerp There are still places available for those interested. Registration is possible until July 14.
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