Conference Report

Face Forward: International Typographic Conference

  • Kyle Rath Lecturer, Information Design, Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria.
Keywords: Face Forward, Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, ID2015; the Year of Irish Design

Abstract

The inaugural Face Forward typographic conference, which was held at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in Ireland, forms part of ‘ID2015; the Year of Irish Design’ governmental initiative, which aims to bring global awareness to various branches of Irish design and by extension, typography. Face Forward is the first peer-reviewed conference of its kind, and offered a sizable forum for engaging with and presenting critical research into typographic production, representation and dissemination in use.

Published
2019-12-04
Issue
No 27 (2016): Image and Text
Section
Articles