During the course of the workshop we will walk through the process of getting a request for a custom typeface from a client to creating a refined brief and sketching your first sketched proposals.

Topics to cover in the workshop:

• How to approach a custom typeface request
• Which information do you need before the start
• Briefing a custom typeface
• Typeface parameters and how to they make us perceive a typeface in a certain way
• Sketching a custom typeface proposal

Goals of the workshop:

• Learn what information you need to form a precise brief for a custom typeface 
• Learn to be specific when talking about a typeface
• Learn to use sketching in your design process
• Learn how to make your client become part of the design process

Skills to strengthen:

• Working with client’s requests and refining them
• Typeface classification / typeface parameters
• Incorporating sketching in your daily design routine

Material required for the participant:

• Laptop with preinstalled graphic design software (Adobe, Figma or similar)
• White paper for sketching (ideally — marker paper, but plain while office paper will work)
• Black sharpies
• White out
• Scissors
• Small transparent tape (to hold together cut pieces of paper)
• White tracing paper (optional)