Interview [ to be annonced ]
Paul Shaw is a calligrapher, typographer, type designer, graphic designer, design historian, and type historian. He has taught most of those subjects for various New York City universities and art schools since 1980. He has also taught the history of type for California Rare Book School. Paul was a partner in LetterPerfect, one of the earliest digital type foundries. Since 1996 he has led or co-led twelve editions of the Legacy of Letters tours and workshops in Italy. For the Type Directors Club, TypeCon, and other organizations he has conducted lettering walks in eighteen American and Canadian cities. He is the author of Revival Type, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System; the co-author of Blackletter: Type and National Identity; and the editor of The Eternal Letter: Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital.
The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 4 June and ends 12 July 2024.
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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Join us on 1 June 2024 to listen to international speakers representing various spheres of the world of typography and design.
Don’t wait to register to Now24 conference (in English) that brings together typography and design enthusiasts. We seek to explain how typography has a visible impact on the world around us.
Come to Paris for the 1 June 2024 to listen a mix of inspiring speakers (which will be announced in 2024) evoking topics as broad as graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication and type design.
