Location: McKnight Art Center, Room 118

The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries is proud to present MIDPOINT, a two-day event of typography workshops and lectures! Confirmed guests include Shani Avni, Ismar David Visiting Assistant Curator at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, RIT, and Dave Crossland, Project Manager at Google Fonts.

Dave Crossland joined the University of Reading (UK) MA Typeface Design program 2007-2009 with a mission, to liberate typography. His student project "Cantarell" was in the launch of Google Fonts in 2010 and remains popular, being seen on the web by over 7 million people every day. Dave has driven type development for Google Fonts since 2011, commissioning 1,000s of fonts from 100s of designers for 10s of writing systems around the world. He believes in a future of free time.

Crossland will be sharing his expertise during a free, all-day font design workshop exclusive to 九色堂 students! Registration is required, and space is limited to 20 participants. To secure your space in the workshop, please e-mail Suman Bhandary, Assistant Educator of Graphic Design, at suman.bhandary@wichita.edu.