« Speaking at InDesign User Group Seattle, May 12th

I’m only a week back from Vancouver BC and the “Justified West” conference, where I spoke on forensic typography (detecting forged documents by means of fonts and print tech). I’ve also just finished moving from Seattle to Portland (everything is still in boxes), but I thought I’d drop a quick note on the blog.

On the evening of Tuesday May 12th, I’ll be speaking at the InDesign User Group here in Seattle, right at Adobe Seattle HQ (where I worked for many years) in the Fremont neighborhood. It will be a somewhat multi-​faceted talk, more of a set of talks really, covering various things group members requested. Admission is free (but registration required or at least strongly desired), and there’s free food, too! So come on out, or let your Seattle-​area designer friends, clients and colleagues know, okay?

IDUG meeting details link for registration, directions and such.

SCHEDULE

6.30-6.45 Meet, greet, and eat (usually they have pizza)

6.45-7.30 Part I of my talk

7.45-8.30 Part II of my talk

8.30 Raffle, Wrap-​up, and Au Revoirs

Here’s what I’ll be talking about (subject to minor modifications):


PART I
6.45-7.30

• A brief rant on legibility in design (15 min) 
  • including choosing fonts for print and screen
• How fonts are made (10 min)
• Tips and Tricks (15 min, list subject to change) 
  • How to know if a font is corrupt (with two tools you shouldn’t use and why)
  • Recognizing system fonts
  • Which system fonts you can remove and why
  • Windows Type 1 fonts on Mac OS
  • Fonts vs transparency in InDesign
  • Character styles

Font management (5 min)

PART II
7.45-8.30

• A Brief History of Type (20 minutes)
• OpenType demo (20 minutes)

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