I know it has been a long time since I updated this blog! I believe the second term of the program was the busiest one, in terms of so much new information, and also the major development on our work.
We had some highlights such as the visit of Miguel Sousa, that gave us a workshop on FDK. It was very instructive though demanding lots of attention. We finished that week with a very nice barbecue at my house. And right after that we went to the trip to the Netherlands, where we visited museums, met with Fred Smeijers, and other ex students from Reading. In the meantime we also met the students of Type Media at KABK in the Hague. It was really nice to hang out with them. We actually met Miguel again because he was there for the workshop with them. Also met with Marina Chaccur, and it's really nice to be able to talk your own language for a while as we did!
After Amsterdam I went to Dortmund and Dusseldorf. Really different landscape!
So I guess this was until reaching Reading again a very busy time, but now we are more relaxed from the trip, working at our own paces, spending lots of ours in the department working, but also standing in the sun. And after the Royal Wedding I guess things can go back to normal!
Our typefaces are still under development and everyday we go back to them, to the old ones and redo them, once more! MATD is an opportunity in a lifetime, very fulfilling, and it's amazing when, by now you feel you learned a lot, the work goes faster, you are more free with the outlines, the flow much better! The future olds good things like choosing a name for the typeface, that will be fun!
