{"id":784,"date":"2019-02-17T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slantedhall.wordpress.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:23:57","slug":"typecon-2018-conference-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/17\/typecon-2018-conference-trip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"TypeCon 2018 Conference Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"[ The Call for Papers<\/a>\u00a0is out for TypeCon 2019<\/a><\/strong>, 28 August\u20131 September 2019, in Minneapolis, MN. Submission deadline has been extended to Saturday, 16 March 2019, 11:59pm EST<\/strong>. Read the Submission Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0[PDF] for useful tips. ]\n

The 20th anniversary TypeCon<\/a>\u00a0(@typecon<\/a>\u00a0\/ @typesociety<\/a>)\u00a0was held in Portland, Oregon, USA, 1\u20135 August 2018 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. I had to miss parts of Saturday and Sunday, including most of the evening socials, due to Crohn’s related issues. The past few months have been hectic, so the write-up is bit less detailed. I just uploaded photos of the conference<\/a> and will try to add notes in due time.<\/p>\n

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Jump to:\u00a0Wednesday<\/a>,\u00a0Thursday<\/a>,\u00a0Friday<\/a>,\u00a0Saturday<\/a>,\u00a0Sunday<\/a>,\u00a0Type Crit<\/a>,
\nLouise Fili & Carol Wahler SOTA Award<\/a>,
\nFrida Medrano\u00a0SOTA Catalyst Award<\/a>,
\nLinks (write-ups, presentations, photos)<\/a>,\u00a0Feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tuesday: Driving to TypeCon & an unexpected singing, 27 August 2018 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Unexpectedly, I sang in a barbershop chorus rehearsal.<\/em> After a long, all-day drive, I arrived at a friend\u2019s place just south of Portland on Tuesday evening, just in time to head up to Portland with him before his Bridge Town Sound<\/a> men\u2019s barbershop chorus rehearsal. I wanted to hear a bit of the rehearsal before heading back to the hotel to rest. They plopped a binder in front of me. But, I was just planning to sit and listen for bit, I responded. It had been a good 25 years since I sang regularly, so my vocal cords were out of shape. I decided to join for just a little while, but ended up staying for the entire rehearsal. When I sang in a mixed choir or solo, my role was baritone\/bass. John sings baritone, but in a men’s barbershop chorus, the baritone part is like the alto harmony of a mixed chorus. I wanted to hear John sing, again, so I went further out of my comfort zone and sang in his section. I can mimic, quickly, and read music, so it worked out well though I had never sung barbershop. And was quite fun to just jump in. If I lived in Portland, I suspect I’d consider auditioning to join them. A good group of folk.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Wednesday: Workshops, 28 August 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, I caught up with Georg Seifert (@schriftgestalt<\/a>) & Rainer Scheichelbauer (@mekkablue<\/a>) of Glyphs<\/a>\u00a0(@glyphsapp<\/a>) for lunch at HOTLIPS Pizza<\/a> (@HOTLIPSpizza<\/a>)\u2014good pizza\u2014near the Pacific Northwest College of Art<\/a> (@PNCA<\/a>), where the workshops were being held.<\/p>\n

Then, I sat in to help out with their workshop Create a Variable Font Animation in Glyphs<\/a>.<\/em> If you have any interest in variable fonts, consider watching his Sunday talk\u00a0Yes, but can Variable Fonts do this?<\/em> [video<\/a>]\n

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