Letrástica Festival 4

The fourth Festival of Typography, Calligraphy and Lettering, Letrástica.

October 27–29, 2022.
Venue: Fábrica Morelos
and Impronta Casa Editora
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Live, in person

After three years and a pandemic, we could finally meet again and celebrate type. Letrastica 4 was full of enthusiasm and friendly atmosphere. Prior to the festival, we held the Chelas & Tipos session at Impronta, Casa Editora. For the main activities, we moved to Fabrica Morelos, where we held the inauguration, workshops and presentations. We were thrilled to gather briliant speakers from variety of countries who also held workshops in type design, lettering, calligraphy, generative type and sign-painting. We held two collective exhibitions, one showcasing wonderful wors from the first Type Tournamet, and second one with type, calligraphy, lettering, and experimental-based works of the amazing talent from all over the world.

Speakers

Kyle Letendre (Oregon, USA), Maria Doreuli (California, USA), Lynne Yun (New York, USA), Kevin Yeh (New York, USA), Muk Monsalve (Argentina), Fabiola Mejía (Costa Rica), Ximena Jiménez (Colombia), Karla Pasten (México), Jesús Barrientos (México), Giovanni Bautista (México), Eduardo Cuesta Mundo (México).

Numbers

4 days of the festival, 12 presentations, 8 workshops, 1 Open forums with 15 presentations, 2 type critique sessions, 3 Q&A sessions, more than 200 national and international attendees, 2 collective exhibition with 62 participants from all over the world, 1 special international exhibition and 2 live demonstrations.

With the support of Adobe, Typotheque, OH no Type, HMCT, And Repeat, Mococo, The Herb Lubalin Center, Morisawa, Font of the Month Club, TypeMyType, TYPETR, Keep Reading, Type@Cooper, XYZ Type, Mister John Downer, NuForm, Impronta Casa Editora, Times New Woman, Anáhuac Veracruz, University of Guadalajara.