Alphabets, typography, clients, users, letters, lowercases, brief, distribution, availability, stencils, signage, literature, capitals, institutions, legibility, contrast, books, masks, counterforms, freedom, constraints, printing, collaboration, symbols, triplexing, consistency, poetry, French fries, proofs, flags, handwriting, serifs, systems… Through a series of case studies, Mathieu will explore the challenges of custom type design, likely providing little answers, hopefully raising many questions.
Mathieu Réguer is an independent typeface designer based in Paris. He draws letters and builds fonts. After studying at École Duperré and École Estienne, he received his MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading (UK) in 2008. He designed and produced custom font families for institutions and brands such as the French State, the Tasmanian West Coast, Culture Amp, Evolved by Nature or World Rugby. Mathieu enjoys programming tools and taking fonts apart. He writes custom scripts and plug-ins for himself and a variety of other type foundries. Mathieu teaches typeface design at École Estienne in Paris.
He is one of the founders of the typeface design programme at TypeParis, and has been a core instructor since the first session in 2015.
The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 3 June and ends 11 July 2025
Our summer programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and software practices. Every kind of design professional can learn about type design in a relatively short amount of time.
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Great line up of speakers on graphic design, typography. Fabulous workshops. Join us on 31 May 2025!
We think it is important to create platforms to let various universes communicate about their love of typography in their everyday practice. Come to Paris for the 31 May 2025 to listen a mix of inspiring speakers evoking topics as broad as graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication and type design.
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