{"id":206,"date":"2013-09-07T20:07:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T03:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slantedhall.wordpress.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:41:54","slug":"typecon-2013-conference-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/07\/typecon-2013-conference-trip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"TypeCon 2013 Conference Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another great type design conference happened in Portland, Oregon, August 2013: TypeCon 2013: portl&<\/a>. I ended up not taking as many notes, this year, so this trip report may be less extensive than the TypeCon 2012 trip report<\/a>. The weekend prior to TypeCon, I was lucky enough to visit a good friend on the coast. A nice way to prepare. Lovely, relaxing serenity.<\/p>\n

I submitted a simple type specimen for my 1403 Vintage Mono Pro typeface to the TypeGallery<\/a>. My presentation on Resurrecting Type of the IBM 1403<\/em>\u00a0was on Friday, 23 August 2013, at 3:25pm<\/a>. Here’s my program speaker bio<\/a>. During the weekend before, I decided to rework the narrative and probably shuffled things three times before the actual talk on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Jump to: Thursday<\/a>, Friday<\/a>, Saturday<\/a>, Sunday<\/a>,\u00a0Type Crit<\/a>, Links (write-ups, presentations, photos)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tuesday<\/strong> night, I ran into Eric (@mekkablue<\/a>), Remy Chwae<\/a> (@remychwae<\/a>), and John Downer. While walking to a nearby sushi boat place, John gave an impromptu lesson on sign painting technique. It can be difficult to go very far without finding an example of work to talk about; and that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday<\/strong>, I took Neil Summerour<\/a>‘s (@positype<\/a>) fun\u00a0Tickling B\u00e9ziers<\/a>\u00a0workshop. Some of Neil’s useful tips (and matching some of the ways I already work in designing type):<\/p>\n

"Weight of the curve wouldn't be up here. It would be down here. Think of a beer belly."\u2014@positype<\/a>, Tickling B\u00e9ziers @ #typecon2013<\/a> @typecon<\/a><\/p>— Jeff Kellem (@composerjk) August 22, 2013<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\n