Intersection 2019 Speakers
The TypeCal Team was honored to welcome and present the following speakers as they shared their vast knowledge, experience and passion during our first symposium, “Intersection.”
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Talks
Workshops
2019 Workshop Schedule
“Intersection”, Typecal’s 2019 symposium, was honored to welcome and present the following workshops. The goal was to build dialog, innovation, and synergy through this regional and global platform by enabling access to new experiences for everyone. The workshops offered this year focused on Arabic and Latin scripts in an effort to take calligraphy and type design to another level.
Wednesday, March 6
10:00 - 13:00 Paul Antonio - Felt Tipped Brush Pen Hand Lettering
17:00 - 20:00 Fareed Abdal - Calligraphy From Within
Paul Antonio - Felt Tipped Brush Pen Hand Lettering
(Glyphs) Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - Make Your Own Variable Font Animation
Thursday, March 7
12:00 - 16:00 Kristyan Sarkis - Arabic Lettering Workshop (DAY 1)
(Glyphs) Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - Make Your Own Color Font
Lara Captan - Variations on the Letter Waw
Friday, March 8
14:00 - 18:00 Kristyan Sarkis - Arabic Lettering Workshop (DAY 2)
Lara Captan - Variations on The Letter Waw
(Glyphs) Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - “GLYPHS in Arabic” Crash Course
Saturday, March 9
16:00 - 20:00 Paul Antonio - Textualis Quadrata_Minuscules (DAY 1)
Tarek Atrissi - Typographic Experiments with Ruqa (will be at ZINC Shuwaikh)
Jassim Essa Alnasrallah - Engineering your Calligraphy (DAY 1)
Sunday, March 10
10:00 - 14:00 Paul Antonio - Textualis Quadrata_Minuscules (DAY 2)
16:00 - 20:00 Jassim Essa Alnasrallah - Engineering Your Calligraphy (DAY 2)
2019 TALK SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 7
17:30 – 18:00 Fareed Abdal - Calligraphy From Within
18:00 – 18:30 Kristyan Sarkis - A Perspective on Arabic Type
18:30 – 19:00 Jassim Essa Alnasrallah - The Geometric Construction in Arabic
Calligraphy
21:00 – 22:00 Panel Discussion (will be at ZINC Shuwaikh)
Friday, March 8
18:30 – 19:00 (Glyphs) Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer - Fun with Fonts:
Things you Didn’t Know you Could Do with Modern Font Technology.
19:00 – 19:30 Thomas Milo - Mushaf Muscat Focusing on the Application of Script
Grammar
19:30 – 20:00 Lama Al-Babtain - Localization of Brands
Saturday, March 9
12:00 – 13:00 Paul Antonio - Building Intimate Accuracy with Writing Tools in the Digital
Age
13:00 – 13:30 Tarek Atrissi - Distinct Voices: Branding with Arabic Typography
13:30 – 14:00 Lara Captan - Confessions from the Crossroads of Aesthetics &
Technology
14:00 – 15:00 Panel Discussion
