ATypI to honour Matthew Carter at Helsinki Conference

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For 50 years Matthew Carter has been designing type, cutting punches, teaching typography and writing about the graphic arts. Initially trained as a punch-cutter at Enschedé, Carter was later responsible for Crosfield’s typographic programme; worked as Linotype’s in-house designer 1965-1981; co-founded Bitstream in 1981, and Carter & Cone in 1991. Responsible for the design of numerous typefaces, Carter’s most ubiquitous fonts include Verdana and Georgia for Microsoft.
  
To celebrate Carter’s remarkable career, the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) has chosen its annual Conference as the venue at which to honour his work. Margaret Re, curator of an ambitious exhibition of Carter’s type designs and editor of the book, Typographically Speaking- the art of Matthew Carter, will present a retrospective lecture on his career, after which there will be a short ceremony and presentation commemorating Carter’s contribution to typography and his commitment to ATypI.
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49th annual ATypI Conference ‘On the edge’
15-18 September 2005
Media Centre Lume, Univeresity of Art & Design, Helskini
Full programme with a complete listing of speakers details and topics is available at: www.atypi.org
This conference is organized on behalf of ATypI by Typevents LLP a UK-based multi-national partnership that provides a comprehensive events service to the printing, paper, type, and graphic design communities. www.typevents.com
All conference enquiries and correspondence to: [email protected]