Words of Type

2-sessions workshop on:
Hangeul Type Design, with non-square style!! 🤩😎
with Mingoo Yoon & Min-Young Kim

APR 18 + 25, 2026
from 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM CEST
Online, in English
220€
Limited to 10 participants

More info & tickets: wordsoftype.com

Upcoming lecture:
Hangeul script history & typography
with Min-Young Kim 💖✨

APR 11, 2026
01:00 - 02:30 PM CEST
Online, in English, 20€

More info & tickets: wordsoftype.com

Arabic lettering workshop with Samar Zureik is in two weeks!

This workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of Arabic letter shaping and guides them in creating an original lettering piece based on a chosen keyword.

More info & tickets wordsoftype.com

Words of Type Sponsor highlight: Frere-Jones Type @frerejones.bsky.social

Uniwidth, Retina
Hinting, Mallory MicroPlus
Descender, with Empirica

Check out these typefaces on Frere-Jones Type’s website!
frerejones.com

Do you want to also support WoT and sponsor our words? Send us an email!

💖✨💫🥳🤩
Words of Type Encyclopedia won a Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2026!
💖✨💫🥳🤩

Deemed as "Excellent” in the category: Web site / Application
tokyotypedirectorsclub.org/en/news/tdc2...

NEXT MONTH
Workshop with Samar Zureik
on Arabic Lettering

This workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of Arabic letter shaping and guides them in creating an original lettering piece based on a chosen keyword.

Mar. 7 + 14, 2026
1:00 - 4:00 pm CET
220€
🎟️ wordsoftype.com

Next workshop!
Introduction to Japanese Type Design
with Ikumi Honda (Iwata Corporation) and Yui Yoshitomi (Type Project)

3-sessions workshop
May 9, 16, and 23, 2026
9:00 am to 1:00 pm CEST
Online, in English
330€
This workshop is limited to 10 participants max.

🎟️ at wordsoftype.com

New lecture coming soon!

Japanese Writing System: History and Type Design, with Ikumi Honda (Iwata Corporation) and Yui Yoshitomi (Type Project)

May 2, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CEST
Online, in English
20€
More info & tickets at wordsoftype.com

Typography in Cinema! 🎥🍿🎞️😎

Our next lecture coming up THIS SATURDAY with Aaron Levin.
Don't miss this!

JAN 31, from 2 to 3:30 PM CET

More info & tickets at wordsoftype.com

It is THIS WEEK!

Fabian Harb from Dinamo's lecture on Walter Käch's book Schriften Lettering Écritures re-edition!
Don't miss this FREE event!

Jan. 23 from 3 pm CET
Members: join via the community platform
Non-members: watch the live broadcast on our YouTube channel

Words of Type Sponsor highlight: @typotheque.com

Multilingual, with Lava
Multiscript, with November
OpenType Features, with Irma Display Black

Check out these typefaces on Typotheque's website!
www.typotheque.com

Do you want to also support Words of Type and sponsor our words? Send us an email!

In TWO WEEKS
A very interesting lecture on typography and cinema!
Cinema & StereoType, with Aaron Levin!

Jan 31, 2026
3 to 4:30 pm CET
20€
Tickets and more info at wordsoftype.com

Next workshop:
Arabic Lettering, with Samar Zureik!!!

This 2-sessions workshop introduces Arabic letter shaping and guides participants in creating a piece from a keyword. Explore varied calligraphic styles and balance creativity with the structural rules of Arabic script.

Info & 🎟️ wordsoftype.com

We are SUPER HAPPY to announce that Words of Type received an Award of Excellence at the Communication Arts 2026 Interactive Competition!!!
@commarts.com
www.commarts.com

Category: Websites/Microsites

NEXT MONTH
FREE lecture with @fabianharb.bsky.social from @abcdinamo.bsky.social

Schriften, Lettering, Écritures - 174 slides about Walter Käch

January 23, 2026
3 to 4:30 PM CET

Follow us on our YouTube channel for the live broadcast!

Fixing a typo from initial post: TUGBOAT!

Words of Type has an article published in the latest TUBGOAT issue!
(Volume 46, No. 3, 2025)

tug.org/TUGboat/

Thank you @borisveytsman.bsky.social for the invitation to publish an article about Words of Type in this institutional magazine!

IT'S NEXT WEEK
WoT Conversation Ep. 6
About Font Engineering

Dec. 6
4 to 5:30 PM CET
FREE EVENT

For WoT members: RSVP to the community page to receive the Zoom link and join the QA session

For non-WoT members: follow us on YouTube and you'll see the live broadcast!

Words of Type Sponsor highlight:
Dinamo Typefaces
Oldstyle Figures, with Daily Scotch
Proportional Figures, with Daily Scotch
Reversed Contrast, with Asfalt

Check out these typefaces on Dinamo's website!
abcdinamo.com
Interested at supporting us and sponsor our words? Send us an email! Link in bio

Typography News No. 24 YouTube video by Jectives

Chapters have been added to yesterday's livestream of Typography News No. 24 👀

New releases: Machalksi, Capitalics, Playtype, Naipe Foundry, @motyfo.bsky.social, Sharp Type

Upcoming events: TDC, Grafis Nusantara, @wordsoftype.com

Type Brigade replays including "Fonts are Magic" by @arcanetype.com

Words of Type Sponsor highlight:
David Jonathan Ross (DJR)

Aperture — with Forma (top) and Condor (bottom)
Apostrophe — with Roslindale
Small Caps — with Fern
more on the encyclopedia!

Check out these typefaces on DJR's website!
djr.com

Have you been wondering what was it that we have done, or are doing now at WoT?
Or what are we planning to do next?

Check out our Roadmap page on the ENCYCLOPEDIA website!
wiki.wordsoftype.com/about/roadmap

As members, you can let us know about what YOU would like to see coming up next!! ✨

Next WoT Conversation will be about Font Engineering!

With @rafalbuchner.bsky.social Frank Grießhammer, Emma Marichal, @arrowtype.bsky.social, Rosalie Wagner

We will talk about the path to learn font engineering, challenges in the field with today’s requirements, and more!

FREE & LIVE EVENT

Upcoming lecture with Aaron Levin!

Cinema & StereoType
Tickets & more info at wordsoftype.com

Letterforms have been bed partners with cinema almost from the beginning. And as cinema developed into a multitude of genres, lettering accompanied this creative drawing or a new art, with its own genres.

THIS WEEK
2-sessions workshop with @mauricemeilleur.bsky.social !!

Discover the power and creativity of computational design through a playful and engaging introduction to coding concepts and the Python programming language using the free application DrawBot.

More info & tickets at wordsoftype.com

KBI.type | Knuth Bigelow Type Design Incubator The Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) is powered by SILICON @ Stanford University, in partnership with Words of Type and Letterform Archive. KBI's goal is to empower early-car...

There is still time to apply!

The program aims to give the primer tools and knowledge in type design to people with an interest for it, and particularly on scripts that are not well (or barely) covered in digital fonts.

Info & application: www.kbitype.org

First FREE lecture at Words of Type!
With @fabianharb.bsky.social of @abcdinamo.bsky.social 🔥
Schriften, Lettering, Écritures: 174 slides about Walter Käch

Members can RSVP on the community platform.
Non-members can follow our YouTube channel to watch the live broadcast!

Mode info: wordsoftype.com

IT IS NEXT WEEK
Our lecture with @mauricemeilleur.bsky.social on creative coding, especially with animated letterforms with Python using Drawbot App!

More info and tickets
wordsoftype.com

After the wonderful success of its first edition, the Knuth Bigelow Incubator program (KBI for short) goes on to its second run!
Info + application form at www.kbitype.org
This program is a collaborative project between SILICON at Stanford University, @letterformarchive.org and @wordsoftype.com !

We are looking for moderators to our upcoming events starting from 2026!

If you are interested, drop us an email so we can meet and discuss about the details! 💫