Automatic Type Design 3
digital typography yesterday and tomorrow

Automatic Type Design 3
digital typography yesterday and tomorrow

Automatic Type Design 3
digital typography yesterday and tomorrow

Atelier national de recherche typographique 
ENSAD Nancy 
17–21 February 2025

Atelier national de recherche typographique 
ENSAD Nancy 
17–21 February 2025

Atelier national de recherche typographique 
ENSAD Nancy 
17–21 February 2025

Automatic Type Design is an international symposium focused on digital font technologies, from design to production. In its third edition, it aims to examine digital type design and typography, their concepts, and challenges from both historical and forward-looking perspectives.

Automatic Type Design is an international symposium focused on digital font technologies, from design to production. In its third edition, it aims to examine digital type design and typography, their concepts, and challenges from both historical and forward-looking perspectives.

Automatic Type Design is an international symposium focused on digital font technologies, from design to production. In its third edition, it aims to examine digital type design and typography, their concepts, and challenges from both historical and forward-looking perspectives.

  • We seek to critically review how past technological advancements have shaped our current understanding of fonts and letterforms. Additionally, we aspire to glimpse into the future to anticipate upcoming developments. In particular, we hope to critically assess the applications of machine learning, exploring its potential and limitations. The conference welcomes designers, technologists, historians, and researchers.
  • See previous editions:
  • Automatic Type Design 1, 2014
  • Automatic Type Design 2, 2016

Programme

Wednesday, February 19. 10h—18h, Mines Nancy
— Yesterday
Patrick Baudelaire & Ferdinand Ulrich / Maurice Meilleur / Anushah Hossain / Abeera Kamran / Gerry Leonidas, Irene Vlachou, Kostas Bartsokas, Alexios Zavras, Eleni Beveratou, Natalia Qadreh & Emilios Theofanous / Julie Blanc & Clémence Imbert / Fraser Muggeridge / Olivier Lebrun / Roland Früh, Sophie Wietlisbach & Anna-Lena Wuerth
19h. Opening of the exhibition: The History of Univers, curated by Tânia Raposo & Varya Goncharova / ENSAD Nancy

Thursday, February 20. 9h30—18h, Mines Nancy
— Tomorrow
David Březina / Ann Bessemans / Giulio Galli / Kai Bernau, Matthieu Cortat & Alice Savoie / Niteesh Yadav / François Chastanet / Filip Paldia & Samuel Čarnoky / Petr van Blokland / Erik van Blokland / NORM
19h. Opening of the exhibition: NORM at Galerie My Monkey, Nancy

Friday, February 21. 9h30—12h, ENSAD Nancy
— Demos
Jany Belluz & Robert Pratley / Jeremy Tribby / Laurence Penney / Léna Le Pommelet, My-Lan Thuong & Marte Verhaegen / Cédric Rossignol-Brunet / Emile Greis / Philipp Koller
10h—13h Bookshop at ENSAD Nancy

February 17-18. 9h30—18h, ENSAD Nancy
— Workshops
FONTRA with Gaetan Baehr, Jérémie Hornus & Just Van Rossum / METAFONT with OpenSource Publishing / ROBOFONT with Frederik Berlaen & Marte Verhaegen / IKARUS with Ferdinand Ulrich & Petr Van Blokland / BEYOND THE STROKE with Filip Paldia and Samuel Čarnoky - Letterink / PARAMETRIC TYPE DESIGN with Philipp Koller - Burrowlab / TECTONICS TYPEFACES with Emile Greis / TYPO METER with Haymann Thiefes Studio

Programme

Wednesday, February 19. 10h—18h, Mines Nancy
— Yesterday
Patrick Baudelaire & Ferdinand Ulrich / Maurice Meilleur / Anushah Hossain / Abeera Kamran / Gerry Leonidas, Irene Vlachou, Kostas Bartsokas, Alexios Zavras, Eleni Beveratou, Natalia Qadreh & Emilios Theofanous / Julie Blanc & Clémence Imbert / Fraser Muggeridge / Olivier Lebrun / Roland Früh, Sophie Wietlisbach & Anna-Lena Wuerth
19h. Opening of the exhibition: The History of Univers, curated by Tânia Raposo & Varya Goncharova / ENSAD Nancy

Thursday, February 20. 9h30—18h, Mines Nancy
— Tomorrow
David Březina / Ann Bessemans / Giulio Galli / Kai Bernau, Matthieu Cortat & Alice Savoie / Niteesh Yadav / François Chastanet / Filip Paldia & Samuel Čarnoky / Petr van Blokland / Erik van Blokland / NORM
19h. Opening of the exhibition: NORM at Galerie My Monkey, Nancy

Friday, February 21. 9h30—12h, ENSAD Nancy
— Demos
Jany Belluz & Robert Pratley / Jeremy Tribby / Laurence Penney / Léna Le Pommelet, My-Lan Thuong & Marte Verhaegen / Cédric Rossignol-Brunet / Emile Greis / Philipp Koller
10h—13h Bookshop at ENSAD Nancy

February 17-18. 9h30—18h, ENSAD Nancy
— Workshops
FONTRA with Gaetan Baehr, Jérémie Hornus & Just Van Rossum / METAFONT with OpenSource Publishing / ROBOFONT with Frederik Berlaen & Marte Verhaegen / IKARUS with Ferdinand Ulrich & Petr Van Blokland / BEYOND THE STROKE with Filip Paldia and Samuel Čarnoky - Letterink / PARAMETRIC TYPE DESIGN with Philipp Koller - Burrowlab / TECTONICS TYPEFACES with Emile Greis / TYPO METER with Haymann Thiefes Studio

Programme

Wednesday, February 19. 10h—18h, Mines Nancy
— Yesterday
Patrick Baudelaire & Ferdinand Ulrich / Maurice Meilleur / Anushah Hossain / Abeera Kamran / Gerry Leonidas, Irene Vlachou, Kostas Bartsokas, Alexios Zavras, Eleni Beveratou, Natalia Qadreh & Emilios Theofanous / Julie Blanc & Clémence Imbert / Fraser Muggeridge / Olivier Lebrun / Roland Früh, Sophie Wietlisbach & Anna-Lena Wuerth
19h. Opening of the exhibition: The History of Univers, curated by Tânia Raposo & Varya Goncharova / ENSAD Nancy

Thursday, February 20. 9h30—18h, Mines Nancy
— Tomorrow
David Březina / Ann Bessemans / Giulio Galli / Kai Bernau, Matthieu Cortat & Alice Savoie / Niteesh Yadav / François Chastanet / Filip Paldia & Samuel Čarnoky / Petr van Blokland / Erik van Blokland / NORM
19h. Opening of the exhibition: NORM at Galerie My Monkey, Nancy

Friday, February 21. 9h30—12h, ENSAD Nancy
— Demos
Jany Belluz & Robert Pratley / Jeremy Tribby / Laurence Penney / Léna Le Pommelet, My-Lan Thuong & Marte Verhaegen / Cédric Rossignol-Brunet / Emile Greis / Philipp Koller
10h—13h Bookshop at ENSAD Nancy

February 17-18. 9h30—18h, ENSAD Nancy
— Workshops
FONTRA with Gaetan Baehr, Jérémie Hornus & Just Van Rossum / METAFONT with OpenSource Publishing / ROBOFONT with Frederik Berlaen & Marte Verhaegen / IKARUS with Ferdinand Ulrich & Petr Van Blokland / BEYOND THE STROKE with Filip Paldia and Samuel Čarnoky - Letterink / PARAMETRIC TYPE DESIGN with Philipp Koller - Burrowlab / TECTONICS TYPEFACES with Emile Greis / TYPO METER with Haymann Thiefes Studio

  • The workshops are held at ENSAD Nancy and ANRT. They are conducted primarily in English. Priority is given to design students, and the number of spots is limited.
  • To register a group of students, please contact ANRT here.
  • The last available individual spots will be offered in January 2025 to students and professional registered for the conference.

Curated by
Thomas Huot-Marchand, ANRT (FR)
Alice Savoie, ANRT (FR) – ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
Anushah Hossain, UC Berkeley (USA)
Davide Fornari, ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
David Březina, Rosetta Research (CZ)

Organized by
Atelier national de recherche typographique / École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy
in partnership with écal / École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (HES-SO)

Curated by
Thomas Huot-Marchand, ANRT (FR)
Alice Savoie, ANRT (FR) – ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
Anushah Hossain, UC Berkeley (USA)
Davide Fornari, ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
David Březina, Rosetta Research (CZ)

Organized by
Atelier national de recherche typographique / École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy
in partnership with écal / École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (HES-SO)

Curated by
Thomas Huot-Marchand, ANRT (FR)
Alice Savoie, ANRT (FR) – ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
Anushah Hossain, UC Berkeley (USA)
Davide Fornari, ECAL/HES-SO (CH)
David Březina, Rosetta Research (CZ)

Organized by
Atelier national de recherche typographique / École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy
in partnership with écal / École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (HES-SO)


Location
The conference will be held physically at ENSAD & Mines Nancy, ARTEM Campus, Nancy (France).

Registration fee
Symposium:

  • Professionals: 70 euros

  • Students: 5 euros

Registration is open

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Location
The conference will be held physically at ENSAD & Mines Nancy, ARTEM Campus, Nancy (France).

Registration fee
Symposium:

  • Professionals: 70 euros

  • Students: 5 euros

Registration is open

Subscribe to ANRT newsletter

Location
The conference will be held physically at ENSAD & Mines Nancy, ARTEM Campus, Nancy (France).

Registration fee
Symposium:

  • Professionals: 70 euros

  • Students: 5 euros

Registration is open

Subscribe to ANRT newsletter