HYPHEN A TYPOGRAPHIC FORUM
'Hyphen, a typographic forum', the sole academic journal devoted to typography in Greece, will be published in November 2009. Some of the articles to be included are the following:
-Raquel Pelta: "Spain, typography and the Avant-Garde"
-Marianne Dedenroth Larsen: "Typography and gender"
-Margarita Ioannou: "The printing office 'Lefkosia' and metal typesetting"
-Natasha Raissaki: "Chronology of Greek typography"
-George Matthiopoulos: "Touching shadows of the past: Recasting the type of Zacharias Callierges from the edition Etymologicum Magnum, 1499".
For orders please contact Ms Niki Sioki at nsioki@typophilia.gr
4TH ICTVC - LENDING GRACE TO LANGUAGE
Our most anticipated conference on typography and visual communication, the 4th ICTVC, will be held on 17-19 June 2010. Dr Klimis Mastoridis will be organising this conference at the crossroad of three continents on the beautiful island of Cyprus, and the theme this year will be 'Lending grace to language'.
4th ICTVC | read here...
LINOTYPE - FRUTIGER NEXT W1G
Originally designed in 1975 for the signage system of the Charles de Gaulle Airport, Frutiger became one of the most used typefaces in the design world. Clear and legible even at small sizes with clean lines and beautiful proportions it has been successful both in advertising and in print.
Frutiger Next is the new interpretation of the Frutiger typeface which was released in 2000 by Linotype and now the family comes to include Greek as well. Jointly designed by Adrian Frutiger and Eva Masoura, it includes 21 variants ranging from Ultra Light to Condensed Black.
Frutiger Next Greek has recently won a TDC award.
Linotype | Frutiger Next W1G Regular...
Effie Lebesi
19th Century: From the classified ad to the 'réclame'
Athens : Nexus Publications, 2008
Ms Lebesis doctoral thesis on early advertising as seen throughout the 19th century greek newspapers. The pictures are manifold so the book is an interesting journey to early greek typography. The author categorises commercial classified ads from 1840 to 1864, from 1864 to 1880 and from 1880 up to 1900.
The third period marks the appearance of the 'réclame' in greece (an advertisment 'dressed up' as an article). Ms Lebesi has been teaching graphic design at the ATEI since 1985. [in greek]
Δρ.Έφη Λεμπέση: 19ος αιώνας. Από τη μικρή αγγελία στη ρεκλάμα | Nexus Publications...
Michalis Kairis
Paper and stylus, Writing tools
Athens : Poreia, 2008
Writing tools is an interesting book by Michalis Kairis on the writing tools used by man throughout history. In this book you'll find stamps, writing tools in Upper East and the Islamic world, wooden pencils and pens, papyrus, codices, inks, plates by sand, animal bones etc, ball point pens, desks as well as comments on calligraphy and written communication. The book is packed with photographs from antique objects and every now and then, some very interesting advertisments. [in greek]
Μιχάλης Καϊρης: Χαρτί και Καλαμάρι, τα εργαλεία της γραφής | Εκδόσεις Πορεία, Σόλωνος 74, Αθήνα
ATYPI: MEXICO CITY 'THE HEART OF THE LETTER'
The annual ATypI conference will be held in Mexico city consisting of three days of workshops and small events and two days for the main conference. This year the conference is themed 'The heart of the letter' and it will take place a bit later than usual, on the 26 - 30 October 2009.
ATypI 2009 | Mexico City...
HYPHEN - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY VOLUME
Hyphen is celebrating its tenth year in the academic graphic communication community. With articles both in greek and in english it has enriched our knowledge on typographic matters receiving the attention of readers worldwide. This years volume includes articles on methods and tools for sustainable design, the transition from verbal to graphic, cross media typographic framework, methods for promoting printed matter in Greece etc.
For orders please contact Ms Niki Sioki at nsioki@typophilia.gr
FF TRIXIE
FontFont's Trixie has been used since 1991 as one of the most popular typewriter fonts around. Now, Erik Van Blokland has updated the family to open type, adding more variations for use in large sizes, alternate charaters, more baseline shifting for better emulation of the ribbon effect, censor simulation as well as Greek and Cyrillic.
FontFont | FF Trixie... | image retrieved from myfonts
TYPOTHEQUE - GRETA GRANDE PRO
Greta Grande Pro is an OpenType family designed by Peter Bilak and Nikola Djurek. The font supports all central European languages as well as Greek and Cyrillic all with their own small capitals. Greta was designed for newspaper printing where the desing has been optimised for use in small sizes offering also a combination of text and display fonts.
Typotheque | Greta Grande Pro...
STORM TYPE FOUNDRY - ANSELM
Designed by Frantisek Storm of Storm Type Foundry, Anselm is a large typeface family that provides broad multilingual support including greek both serif and sans, roman and italic. It has recently won the Type Directors Club award for Type System/Superfamily. The family also includes Anselm Ten, a unique family of four cuts adjusted for setting text in sizes around 10pt and smaller.
Storm Type Foundry | Anselm Pro...
LUCASFONTS - CORPID III
LF Corpid III (deriving from 'corporate identity') is a new family by dutch designer Luc(as) De Groot.
The typeface may be adapted to different functions ranging from body text to headlines and signage aiming at offering optimal legibility from small to big sizes.
The family has been expanded to five weights and three widths supporting central european including greek. The fluidity of the greek ductus has been preserved in most characters and the typeface delivers a clean and neutral result that discreetly obtains an identity of its own especially via the semi-serif of the lowercase iota.
The designer also provides us with alternative characters to be used where applicable along with small capitals. The typeface may be acquired from LucasFonts.
LucasFonts | Corpid III...
ATYPI: ST. PETERSBURG 'THE OLD - THE NEW'
The 2008 ATypI conference will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia from 17 to 21 September. TypeTech technical workshops will be held on 17 and 18 September. The main conference will open with an event on the evening of 18 September, with sessions running through Friday, Saturday and Sunday 19, 20, and 21 September.
ATypI 2008 | St. Petersburg...
P22 - UNDERGROUND PRO
Edward Johnston's Underground typeface for the London transport system, has now been expanded by New York based foundry P22. The Pro version includes small and petite caps, a titling option, it covers most Latin based languages and also supports Cyrillic and Greek. The Greek has been designed by Paul Hunt.
P22 | Underground Pro... | Specimen...
CANNIBAL - NEW WEBSITE
Cannibal have launched their new website showcasing their portfolio including custom and corporate designs as well as multimedia work.
Cannibal fonts | Cannibal...
GFS - GDA : GREEK TYPOGRAPHY ONE DAY CONFERENCE
Greek Font Society, under the auspices of the Greek Graphic Design Association, is organising a one day conference on greek typography on December 15th. Speakers will be including prominent practitioners in the field of typography, type design and reasearch; George D. Matthiopoulos, Dimitris Arvanitis, Panayotis Haratzopoulos, Eirini Vlachou, Michail Semoglou, Alexis Zavras, Giannis Karlopoulos. Topics to be addressed include: the history of greek typography, the importance of typeface selection in a typographic composition, designing a greek typeface based on a brief, digital typeface encoding, typographic design, typographic aesthetics in magazine and newspaper design. All talks will be followed by a discussion. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Greek Typography conference, 15th December 2007, Athens | Programme...
CYPRUS - DR. KLIMIS MASTORIDIS
This summer Dr. Klimis Mastoridis resigned from the post of director of the University of Macedonia Press discontinuing all of his activities there, moving to Cyprus in order to assist in the academic restructuring of the typography BA and MA programs at the University of Nicosia where he will also be furthering his research in the field of typography.
Dr. Klimis Mastoridis is the author of the books Reproduction and printing issues, and Casting the Greek newspaper, editor of Hyphen, a typographic forum and chairman of alterVision, typography & visual communication ltd. He has also organised the International Conferences on Typography and Visual Communication in Thessaloniki (ICTVC).
EKEBI - WORKSHOPS
The National Book Centre of Greece (EKEBI) in Athens, is organising a book workshop from the 8th of October to the 17th of December. Apart from classes on novel writing, fiction writing etc., the workshop also includes classes on artistic bookbinding in collaboration with the Friends of the Bookbinding Arts, as well as engraving, in collaboration with the Association of Greek Engravers.
Applications from 10-30 September | EKEBI...
3rd ICTVC - BRIEF REPORT
This year Thessaloniki was the centre of typographic and visual education, as the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication took place on June 2007.
3rd ICTCV | Read here...
3rd ICTVC - HELLENIC ALPHABET
The Hellenic Alphabet competition has now ended with the winning entries selected by the commitee composed by Dan Carr, Keith Chi-Hang Tam, George Matthiopoulos, Michail Semoglou and Panos Haratzopoulos. Best text typeface category was won by Alice Savoie and best display typeface by Thomas Grace. Congratulations to both!
View the winning entries | Hellenic Alphabet...
PARACHUTE - NEW WEBSITE
After several years of being offline, Parachute have uploaded their new website, including their font library, accessories, support as well as online purchase options.
Visit the new website | Parachute...
CANNIBAL - NEW RELEASES
Cannibal have uploaded a pdf supplement catalogue with their new releases. These would include Belizio, Griffith Gothic, Interstate, Rotis Semi-Sans, Backpacker, Noutsias and Sinclair Signature.
Download the pdf | Ελληνική Ψηφιακή Τυποθήκη...
UOM PRESS - TYPOGRAPHY AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION SEMINAR
The University of Macedonia Press will be organising a 50 hour seminar entitled "Typography and Visual Communication: Tradition and new technologies within the context of Greek reality". Spanning from the 24th of February to the 31st of March, the seminar will be covering topics such as history and theory of typography, training through everyday practice, designing multipage publications using grids and repeating elements, from manuscripts to books, greek and foreign publishing centres: a comparison, information and typographic arrangement over the web.
For more information please visit | UOM Press Seminar...
3RD ICTVC - HELLENIC ALPHABET
In order to capture current trends in the design of greek alphabets, the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication and backpacker.gr invite greek and foreign type designers to participate in a typographic exhibition, where the "greek alphabet" (εα) is the leading actor.
The participants are asked to design greek characters in order to set the following sentence:
ένα αναμφισβήτητα ξεχωριστό γεγονός
The selected entries will be exhibited during the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication and they will be included in the exhibition catalog. After the conference the exhibition might travel to other selected venues in Greece or abroad in order to be presented to a wider audience.
A workshop for the Greek participants will take place during the conference.
3rd ICTVC, Thessaloniki, June 2007 | Hellenic Alphabet...
TYPOTHEQUE - FEDRA SANS CONDENSED PRO
The latest addition to the expanding Fedra family is the Sans Condensed Pro. Consisting of light , book, demi, medium and bold weights, the family supports more than 70 languages with extensive typographic features and of course Fedra Greek with polytonic and small caps.
Following its initial publication in 2001, Peter Bil'ak's Fedra has expanded to more than 100 styles always trying to maintain the character of the primary font while most of the styles include Greek as well as Cyrillic.
Fedra Sans Condensed Pro presentation | Typotheque...
HYPHEN
Hyphen, the sole academic journal on typography in Greece, is releasing its sixth volume. This years issue will be including the following artlicles:
-Χριστίνα Μπάνου Διαχρονικά γνωρίσματα της εκδοτικής βιομηχανίας. Μια πρώτη προσέγγιση
-Josh Oakley Reading the structuralist film: New models of comprehension in typography
-Alexandros Kouris Destination brand equity
-Κλήμης Μαστορίδης Χάραξη και χύτευση των ελληνικών τυπογραφικών στοιχείων στον 19ο και 20ο αιώνα
-Ζέφη Αθανασοπούλου Εικαστική δημιουργία, γραφιστική και προεκτύπωση. Σχέσεις και όρια
-Irini Pitsaki Visual identity and changes management in the history of a Catalan publisher
-Costis Dalas Web communication and design practice: form, function and context
order at +30 2310 323067, typofili@otenet.gr
UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA PRESS - LIBRARY
UOM press holds a small library with books covering typography, design, greek language and script etc. These books are available for loan with proper arrangements with UOM press and the University of Macedonia Library, and form an important contribution to the student or designer. For a complete list of the books, here.
University of Macedonia Press, 156 Egnatia street, 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece
t: +30 2310 891743, f: +30 2310 891731, e: uompress@uom.gr
UOM PRESS SEMINAR - DR KLIMIS MASTORIDIS
The first out of a series of seminars on typography being held at the University of Macedonia, took place on the 14th of October 2006.
UOM PRESS - SEMINARS
This year the University of Macedonia Press will be organising a series of seminars due to the upcoming International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication [ ICTVC ] that will be held in Thessaloniki this June. The seminars are the following:
14 October 2006 Design, cut and production of Greek types in the 19th and 20th century, Klimis Mastoridis
25-26 November 2006 Introduction to contemporary calligraphy - workshop, Michail Semoglou
3-4 February 2007 Typeface design - workshop, Gerry Leonidas, Eirini Vlachou and Eva Masoura
10-11 March 2007 Signage systems, Vaggelis Hatzitheodorou
The above will be held at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki.
University of Macedonia Press | Seminars...
NATASHA RAISSAKI - GFS ELPIS
Elpis is a greek and latin typeface designed during my studies at the University of Reading, MA Typeface Design. In order to express my support but above all my respect for the work of the Greek Font Society, I have decided to contribute Elpis to be distributed for free via GFS and their website. I wish to thank my teachers Gerry Leonidas and Gerard Unger, for their guidance throughout the designing of this typeface.
Greek Font Society | GFS Elpis...
GREEK FONT SOCIETY - GREEK LETTERS: FROM TABLETS TO PIXELS
On June 7-10, 1995, the Greek Font Society organised an international symposium on typography themed "Greek letters: From tablets to pixels". The symposium addressed issues concerning the overall history of the greek script, as well as contemporary design problems in the electronic age. Significant number of speakers had been attracted, each a specialist in their respective field, among which, Hermann Zapf, Kyle MacCarter, Stephen Tracy, Jean Irigoin, Agamemnon Tselikas, Matthew Carter, John Bowman, Silvio Levy, George Matthiopoulos, Louis Rosenblum.
Greek Font Society, true to its principal goals for the dissemination of time honoured Greek typography, have now uploaded the greek texts on their website for free download in PDF format.
These texts are a fundamental read for anyone interested in greek typography and typeface design. [in greek]
Greek Font Society | 'Greek Letters: From tablets to pixels'
JEREMY TANKARD - BLISS PRO
Jeremy Tankard's Bliss was initially released in 1996 aiming at creating a sans serif typeface based on the proportions of the Roman square capital letter, bearing simple forms, flowing curves and increased legibility. In 2006, the family had been extended to include a Greek and a Cyrillic in OpenType format.
Bliss Pro presentation | Jeremy Tankard Typography...
ATEI - CALLIGRAPHY, INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
On May 29, Michail Semoglou will be giving a three hour lecture on calligraphy at the Technological and Educational Institute of Athens (ATEI), School of Graphic Arts. As before, this will include demonstration of materials used by a calligrapher (pens, ink etc.), hand and paper positioning, samples of the latin and greek script in various hands and on the spot demonstration of calligraphic writing.
ATHENS: ALAN FLETCHER
The Thessaloniki Design Museum presents the exhibition 'Alan Fletcher: Posters' in Athens. Alan Fletcher is considered to be one of the most influential figures in post-war British graphic design. Having combined design and creativity with production and every day practice, Alan Fletcher established a spirited, witty and personal visual style. On Friday, 12 May, at 19.30, Alan Fletcher will be presenting his work at the Benaki Museum, Athens.
Alan Fletcher: Posters
11-27 May 2006, Salaminos 13A, Keramikos, Athens, +302103455721
opening hours: tue-sat, 17.00-21.00
opening: 11 May, 20.30
KOTINOS PUBLICATIONS - PATRA
This year, the city of Patras, Greece, is the cultural capital of Europe. In order to commemorate the event, Kotinos was commissioned by "Patras 2006" Cultural Capital of Europe to publish a volume dedicated to the city of Patra. Covering a wide range of topics such as the history of the city, its architecture, topography, education etc. this volume also includes a chapter on the local typography and book production. Starting from the city's first newspaper, printed in 1828 by the French philellene Maxim Raybaud, the narrative refers to the printing activities in Patras throughout the 19th & 20th century. The chapter is written by Christos A. Moulias and is accompanied by many photographs of old newspapers and books. [in greek]
GREEK FONT SOCIETY - PINDAR'S OLYMPIAN ODES
Under the 'Publications' section of the Greek Font Society's website, there is a special mention to Pindar's Olympian Odes, published in honor of the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens. The edition contains seven separate volumes each baring the original ancient Greek text set in a digital Greek typeface revival of some of the most important typefaces in Greek typographic history, and a translation (Modern Greek, Spanish, English, French, Russian, German and Italian). The typeface revivals are as follows
• for the Greek volume the types of Zacharias Callierges (15th century) digitised by George Matthiopoulos of the Greek Font Society,
• for the Spanish volume the types of Arnaldo Guillen de Brocar (early 16th century) digitised by George Matthiopoulos,
• for the English volume the Greek types of Alexander Wilson (18th century) digitised by Matthew Carter,
• for the French volume the Grecs du Roy (16th century) digitised by Frank Jalleau of the Impremerie Nationale de France,
• for the Russian volume Richard Porson's Greek (18th century) digitised by George Matthiopoulos,
• in honor of the great German designer Herman Zapf, his Palatino Greek was used for the German volume,
• lastly, for the Italian volume the types of Giambattista Bodoni (18th century) digitised by George Matthiopoulos.
The website also contains a 'Typographic Perspective' by Matthiopoulos, going through these milestones in the history of Greek typography.
Greek Font Society | Pindar's Olympian Odes...
TDC2 2006 TYPEFACE DESIGN COMPETITION
The winning entries of the Type Directors Club for the 2006 typeface design competition have now been announced. The categories were Text/Type family, Ornament, Display and Type System/Superfamily. Among the winning entries, two families included /were Greek, Adobe's Garamond Premier Pro and Linotype's Frutiger Next Greek. Garamond Premier Pro is a family designed by Robert Slimbach including Greek, Latin and Cyrillic while Frutiger Next Greek was designed by Adrian Frutiger and Eva Masoura. Pleasingly, one of the winning typeface designers is Greek, Eva Masoura has graduated from the Reading University's Typeface Design course and at the time is completing her second masters degree at the Central St.Martins College of Art and Design. Congratulations to all the winners!
TDC2 2006 | Winning Entries...
GREEK FONT SOCIETY - TeX
The Greek Font Society in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, has released GFS Didot for the TeX typesetting system. The Department of Mathematics has established a laboratory specialising on digital typography and mathematical software and will be releasing more typefaces for TeX in the near future.
Greek Font Society... | Laboratory of Digital Typography and Mathematical Software...
ELEUTHEROTUPIA - GUTENBERG
On the 16th of February Eleutherotupia, one of the leading Greek daily newspapers, published a 30 page insert on the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg. The article was written by one of the foremost Greek book historians, Konstantinos Staikos. Accompanied by many pictures and as detailed a text as possible, this work is a pleasing contribution to the public on the life and work of a dominant figure of the printing industry.
MANUTIUS PRINTING SHOP
A visit to one of the last remaining printing shops in Greece where the traditional methods of printing are being practised. The shop is a living museum of typographic knowledge and history. I wish to encourage more designers to take the time and visit the last practisioners of this craft.
Manutius Printing Shop | Presentation...
Edited by D. Holton, T. Ledari, U. Moennig and P. Vejleskov
Copyists, collectors, redactors and editors. Manuscripts and editions of Late Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature.
Herakleion : Crete University Press, 2005
From the conference held at the Danish Institute in Athens entitled "Miscellaneous Manuscripts of Late Byzantine and Early Modern Greek Literary Texts", this book hosts experts in the fields of codicology, palaeography, textual criticism and literary studies. It is divided in four sections: Copyists and Redactors, Codices, Collections and Byzantium and the Latin West: Comparative Approaches respectively.
"ΚΩΔΙΚΟΓΡΑΦΟΙ, ΣΥΛΛΕΚΤΕΣ, ΔΙΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΔΟΤΕΣ: Χειρόγραφα και εκδόσεις της όψιμης βυζαντινής και πρώιμης νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας." | Crete University Press...
Philippos Eliou
Stories of the Greek book
Herakleion : Crete University Press, 2005
Stories of the Greek book is the work of Phillippos Eliou, an eminent historian of contemporary Greece. Researching bibliography and the history of the book was a principal area of interest of Eliou. This book traces printers and publishers, writers and translators, Greek printing houses, from secular and religious sheets to the neoteric scientific book. [in greek]
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΗΛΙΟΥ: "Ιστορίες του ελληνικού βιβλίου" | Crete University Press...
ATEI - CALLIGRAPHY, INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
On the 12th of December Michail Semoglou had been invited to the Technological and Educational Institute of Athens (ATEI), School of Graphic Arts, to give a three hour lecture on calligraphy to first year students. This included demonstration of materials used by a calligrapher (pens, ink etc.), hand and paper positioning, samples of the latin and greek script in various hands and on the spot demonstration of calligraphic writing. Although merely introductory, this lecture to calligraphy is much appreciated as it is a rare opportunity for Greek students to give critical attention to this craft and it is hoped that more institutions teaching graphic design will be providing relevant stimuli to their students.
DALTON MAAG - VODAFONE
Greece has been suffused by the new Vodafone promotional campaign. The new corporate idenity is contingent on a new typeface, a custom design by Dalton Maag, that came to replace the brands previous typeface, Helvetica Neue Condensed. The new typeface is called InterFace supporting the various international needs of Vodafone, including a Greek that has been designed by Dalton Maag's Veronika Burian.
GREEK FONT SOCIETY - GFS DIDOT
The Greek Font Society has released online GFS Didot based on the original Greek by Firmin Didot (1805). The typeface is of grave significance as it dominated Greek typography for many years, and is still in use nowadays. Designed by Takis Katsoulidis and digitised by George Matthiopoulos (1994), GFS Didot can be downloaded for free from GFS's website.
GFS Didot | Greek Font Society...
THESSALONIKI: SEMINAR ON TYPE SETTING AND PAGE LAYOUT
The University of Macedonia Press is organising a one day seminar on type setting and page layout. The seminar will be focusing on text setting for publishing purposes, covering TeX, special symbols as well as Greek typefaces. It will be taking place on Wednesday, 23 November at the conference room at the University of Macedonia. Admission is free, but attendance will be maintained to 50 people only.
November 23, 2005
CANNIBAL FONTS - NEW RELEASES
Athens based Cannibal Fonts released their new typeface collection. Greek designs have been created to accompany successful Latin typefaces by various Greek designers as well as an original design by Takis Katsoulidis, Autokratorika. Basic character sets are being presented in the following link.
Cannibal Fonts | Digital Type library...
TYPOTHEQUE - FEDRA SERIF PRO
Peter Bil'ak's Fedra Serif Pro supports over 70 languages including Greek monotonic and polytonic as well as Cyrillic with their own small capitals. Fedra Serif A is the low contrast version with big x-height while Fedra Serif B has increased contrast and stem lenghts. For the design of the Greek Peter collaborated with Panayiotis Haratzopoulos. Greek designers may also purchase the font from Cannibal.
Fedra Serif Pro presentation | Typotheque...
FONTSHOP - MAIOLA
Veronika Burian's design created during her studies at the University of Reading has been published by Fontshop. The font includes four weights as well as small capitals, Cyrillic and a beautiful Greek. Vik's design has been awarded the Type Director's Club award.
Maiola | Fontshop... | Maiola Greek...
THESSALONIKI: SEMINAR ON TYPOGRAPHY AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION
The University of Macedonia will be organising a 50 hour seminar on typography and visual communication starting this February. The programme aims to cover Greek typography from the 15th to 20th century, typography on the web, european typography, modern tools in typographic typesetting, provide a workshop on typeface design as well as cover graphic design, typography and visual communication. For further information please contact Ms. Vakartzi, tel. 0030 2310 891 676.
From February 16 to March 23, 2006 | Programme...
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: THE BOOK IN BYZANTIUM, BYZANTINE AND POST–BYZANTINE BOOKBINDING
The National Hellenic Research Foundation is organising an international symposium on bookbinding in the Byzantine and post–Byzantine era, from October 13 to 16, 2005. The international panel of speakers will be covering the liturgical function of the bound book, book illustration, the creation of the book, the Greek printed book outside Greece – international printing houses (Vienna, Venice etc), among others.
From October 13 to 16, 2005 | Programme...
ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS - TYPOGRAPHY
The Athens School of Fine Arts has reopened its historic printing workshop. The workshop was initially founded by Yiannis Kefallinos the engraver, teacher and founder of the engraving course at the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1939, but after his death in 1959 the course and its premises had ceased to operate. Last year, the printing workshop was refurbished and all its typographic equipment (metal types, typecases, presses etc.) were restored through the copious efforts of Professor Leoni Vidali and her team. This academic year is open to students as a two-year lab course, during which they will be taught hand type setting and page layout which they will complete with traditional or digital methods. At the same time, the School has raised some funding so as to act as a printing house as well, giving the students the opportunity to learn all the stages of book production.
HOW TO TYPE POLYTONIC GREEK IN MAC OS X
Sam Tucker's webpage on how to type in polytonic Greek in Mac OS X (Tiger, Panther and Jaguar).
Sam Tucker, Reed College | Polytonic Greek in Mac OS X...
ADOBE - GARAMOND PREMIER PRO
Robert Slimbach's interpretation of the Garamond and Granjon types as seen in the original collections of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. GaramondPremPro comes with an extensive glyph set, supporting central European, Cyrillic and Greek also bearing optical design considerations for specific sizes based on the original types. In five weights ranging from light to bold.
Download character sets for | Regular... | Italic...
TYPOTHEQUE - FEDRA SANS
Peter Bil'ak's auspicious project in designing a multilingual open type typeface, supporting over 70 languages. The sans serif is suggested to work best in corporate identities, both on paper as well as on screen and particularly in small sizes. Greek script is supported with monotonic as well as polytonic and also including greek small caps.
Fedra Sans presentation | Typotheque...
TYPEFACE DESIGN PROJECT
The Secretariat of Research and Development (EDET), at the Greek Ministry of Industry, has sponsored the design of a Greek type family. Michail Semoglou, a typeface designer based in Thessaloniki, will be designing two typefaces; a serif and a sans for the Greek Open Source Community to be used by all the Greek public administration.
PRETTY POLY PROJECT
An interesting effort has begun towards the creation of an application converting non Unicode greek polytonic texts to Unicode. Pretty Poly was initiated by MacLand magazine and Loizos Pavlidis along with the support of System Graph Technologies. After its completion, the application will be freely distributed via MacLand magazine in Greece. The project is funded by donations so, should you want to express your support, please email the project team at ppp[at]macland[dot]gr.
Announcement by SystemGraph (in greek) | Pretty Poly Project...
SOME THOUGHTS...
These are some quick thoughts regarding the choice of typefaces by greek graphic designers nowdays. I sincerely hope that a conversation may begin in the near future amidst the greek graphic design community regarding the greek script, its history and its future.
GILL SANS, OFFICIAL FONT FOR THE 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATHENS
The typeface chosen to represent the spirit of the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens, had been Gill Sans. A classic sans serif designed by one of the great masters of type design, Eric Gill, and released by Agfa Monotype.
Read the announcement by Agfa Monotype | Agfa Monotype...
3rd ICTVC greek typeface design workshop
Eva Masoura, Eirini Vlachou
3rd ICTVC calligraphy workshop
Keith Tam, Michail Semoglou
Natasha Raissaki