Font-Produktion-Konferenz in Den Haag
Am 16. und 17. Februar veranstalten Erik van Blokland und Paul
van der Laan zusammen mit dem Fachbereich Type-Media an der Königlichen
Akademie der Künste in Den Haag die Font-Technologie-Konferenz RoboThon
2006 (150 € Teilnahmegebühr). Im Mittelpunkt der Seminare steht
die Python-Library RoboFab, eine Sammlung von
Tools, die das Gestalten und Herstellen von Fonts erleichtert und sicherer
macht. Ein kleines Zuckerle am Rande der Konferenz ist die Verleihung des
angesehenen Gerrit Noordzij Awards im Festsaal der Akademie. Weiterlesen ...
Das vorläufige Programm der Konferenz liest sich wie
folgt:
RoboThon 2006 Schedule
February 16 & 17 2006
The Hague
Thursday
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February 16, 2006
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9.15 - 9.45
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Welcome intros, network settings Erik, Tal or Paul
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9.45 - 10.30
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Python, the fab objects, FontLab, other python editors Boot.
What are these objects? Where to write the code? RoboFab installation and
documentation. Other information sources. Erik, Tal or Paul
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break
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11 - 12
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Putting it together 1 Working with Font, Info objects. Getting an object for the current
font. Things such a font object can do. Names and values in the Info object.
Erik, Tal or Paul
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12 - 13
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lunch
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13 - 13.45
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Putting it together 2 Working with Glyph, Contour, Pen objects. Deep in the font live the glyphs.
Inside the glyphs are contours, components. Inside a contour are segments and
points! That sounds complicated, pens to the rescue. Erik, Tal or
Paul
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13.45 - 14.30
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Putting it together 3 Kerning, Manipulation of kern data and metrics.
Glyph building with anchors, components, accents. Erik, Tal or Paul
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break
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15 - 15.45
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Putting it together 4 Working with text sources UFO, and GLIF's. Fontlab export and import of
UFO. Processing UFO's outside FontLab. Erik, Tal or Paul
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15.45 - 16.30
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Discussion scripting clinic show and tell
questions & problems Erik, Tal or Paul
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dinner somewhere in town
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Friday
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February 17, 2006
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9 - 9.45
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9.45 - 10.30
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Scriptin for interpolation Preparation, interpolation,
managing, testing. Erik, Tal or Paul
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break
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11 - 12
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Scripting for production Naming, merging, splitting, hints,
generating, etc. Erik, Tal or Paul
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12 - 13
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lunch
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13 - 13.45
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The OpenType FDK Overview of the new FDK, what's new and different, examples, font QA
issues, Q&A. Read Roberts, Adobe Inc.
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13.45 - 14.30
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DialogKit DialogKit is a toolkit for adding interfaces to
your scripts FontLab. Users of W will be right at home. Tal
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break
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15 - 16.00
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[to be filled in]
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Gerrit Noordzij Award and Spiekermann exhibition
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Herausgegeben: Do - Januar 12, 2006 at 09:03 vorm.
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