News, accounts and occasional commentary.
Nassim 2.0 released
On May 17, 2006, I was in the process of defining Arabic mark positions for Nassim in a roundabout process involving a dummy FontLab MultipleMaster file, custom export scripts and Microsoft’s beloved Visual OpenType Layout Tool – VOLT. I was a Master’s student at the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of […]
Talk at The Basel School of Design
On March 9, 2016, I will give a talk at The Basel School of Design. I am honoured to be the first speaker in a lecture series on Multiscript Typography which features the Swiss foundry Dinamo, Gerry Leonidas, Birgit Mersmann, Roman Wilhelm and Vaibhav Singh. My talk has the title ‘There is nothing Arabic about […]
Three new publications
Over the last months, three new publications arrived at my doorstep: the two annuals 365 Typo and the Year Book of Type 2, and the journal ‘LetterSeed’. While the two former books feature my Lammerhuber typeface for the Austrian photography publishing house, in ‘LetterSeed’ I was invited to write a paragraph about my multilingual typefaces […]
Titus presents at Granshan Conference 2015
From July 23 to 25, the Granshan Conference is going into its third reiteration. This year, it will be hosted by the University of Reading’s Department of Typography & Graphic Communication (not in its derelict, yet charming premises, but in the University’s business school – a more presentable venue). The Department’s standing as a ‘hub […]
A move on
The web changed profoundly since I first set up tntypography in early 2010. Indeed, there is little surprise in that, for if we take 1995 as the beginning of the Internet era, five years amount to a good quarter of this new age. The last five years were marked by the seemingly unstoppable rise of […]
Arabic type history, a PhD at Reading
This article was written in January 2014 for publication on another site. Alas (and for unknown reasons) this never happened, so instead I post it here belatedly. The comments about study fees have to be seen in light of the then current events. This short account summarises my experience of doing a PhD at the […]
Buchpräsentation Isotype: design and contexts, 1925–1971
Das Institut Wiener Kreis lädt zur Präsentation des Buchs Isotype: design and contexts, 1925–1971 Christopher Burke, Eric Kindel, Sue Walker (eds.) Hyphen press, London 2013 Zeit: Freitag, 31. Jänner 2014, 17:00 Ort: Institut für Philosophie, 1010 Wien Universitätsstraße 7, 2.Stock, Hörsaal 2i Zum Inhalt des Bandes auf der Webseite von Hyphen press: […]
Type in unusual use or a sneak peek on a new Arabic typeface
In August 2012 I was contacted by Dafi Kühne, a colleague from Zürich. He needed a hand with some Arabic typesetting for a large poster project that was to feature at the 13th international Architecture exhibition at the Biennale di Venezia, 2012. Dafi is a poster designer and printer, and initially only needed help with […]
Post-diplôme ESAD d’Amiens, class of 2012/13
Last month, on February 7, the latest group of ESAD Amiens post-diplôme students graduated from their 18-month exploration of type design. The group had started their course in October 2011, giving them a few months overlap with the previous graduation, a valuable opportunity for some experience and skill exchange. The course, run in its current […]
Visit to Abu Dhabi
An invitation from the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to give a talk and run a short workshop provided me with the opportunity to visit the capital of the United Arab Emirates over the last couple of days. Visiting Associate Professor Goffredo Puccetti runs a brand new course on visual communication in this branch […]