14 and 15 May 2015 · The old customs hall Passes from $180 ›
chronoskin
14+15 May 2015 The old customs hall, by the river

Fourth edition

Two days on type and interface

chronoskin is a small conference for people who draw letters and people who build screens. One room, eighteen talks, no parallel tracks.

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The idea

Small on purpose since 2012.

Everyone sits in the same hall and hears the same talks, so the conversation at lunch is about the same things. That is the whole format.

  • 18Talks
  • 2Days
  • 320Seats
  • 41Passes left
Passes sold279 of 320
279 of 320
02

Four themes

Each half day keeps to one subject.

Letters

Drawing type for small screens and long reading.

Thursday morning

Screens

Interfaces that hold up when the content changes.

Thursday afternoon

Systems

Grids, scales and the rules a team can keep.

Friday morning

Practice

How small studios plan, price and finish the work.

Friday afternoon
03

Thursday

Doors open at 8:30. Coffee is in the side hall all day.

Both days
04

Last year

What people wrote on the way home.

One room meant I talked to people I would have walked past in a corridor.
TD A type designerCame in 2014, coming again
I filled a notebook on Thursday and changed our form on the Monday.
ID An interface designerStudio of four
Nobody sold me anything from the stage. Two days of people showing their work.
ST A studentOn a student pass
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Passes

Lunch on both days is included.

Two-day pass

$240

Both days, every talk, and the Thursday evening by the river.

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Student pass 12 left

$180

The same two days for anyone enrolled in a course this year.

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Come along

Sales close on 1 May or when the last seat is taken, whichever comes first.

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Schedule

Eighteen talks in one hall. Times are local and will not move.

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Opening talk Workshop 40 Seats free Few left Full
Workshop seats are counted separately from the hall. Showing 6 of 9 sessions.
Time Session Speaker Workshop Seats
9:30A typeface is a set of decisionsInes HalvorsenNone320
10:15Numerals nobody noticesTomas OkaforSeats free24
11:15Reading at arm's lengthPetra LindqvistFew left3
12:00Lunch in the side hallNone320
14:00The empty state is the first screenDaniel MoreauFull0
15:00Forms people finishAmara WhitfieldSeats free16
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Numerals nobody notices Seats free

Tomas Okafor. Thursday 14 May, 10:15, main hall.

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The speaker

TO Tomas OkaforType designer

He draws type for timetables, receipts and other places where figures matter more than words.

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What the talk is about

Most of what people read on a screen is numbers: prices, times, counts. Hardly any typeface is drawn with them first.

The talk walks through one family of figures from sketch to release and shows where lining, old-style and tabular forms each earn their place in an interface.

What you will take home

  • When a column of figures needs tabular forms and when it does not
  • How to check a face for figures before you license it
  • A short list of open families that get it right

For people who write CSS

One declaration does most of the work: font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums. The second half of the talk is about the cases it misses.

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One pass covers both days. 41 of 320 are left.

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Prices include lunch and tax.

Two-day pass

$240

Every talk and the Thursday evening.

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Student pass

$180

Bring proof of enrolmentA student card or a letter from the course, dated this year. to the door.

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Studio of four

$820

Four passes on one invoice, seats together.

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Can I get my money back?

In full until 1 May. After that the pass can still be passed on to someone else.

Can I pass my pass on?

Yes, up to the morning of the first day. Send us the new name so that the badge is right.

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One invoice for all four passes, sent the day you book.

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