What we teach, and how
Hands-on workshops that move through typography from type selection to responsive text systems — each session built around practical exercises, not passive reading.
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Workshop programmes available
Each programme runs as a standalone unit or as part of a full curriculum sequence. Duration varies by depth.
Type anatomy and scale
Covers the structural vocabulary of letterforms — terminals, counters, x-height — and how these properties affect readability at different screen sizes. Participants set type in three contrasting typefaces and document the difference.
Pairing and hierarchy
Working from a single design brief, participants build a two-typeface system that handles headings, body copy, and captions. The session uses Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts to examine contrast, weight, and optical size.
Variable fonts in practice
An intensive session on OpenType variable axes — weight, width, optical size, and custom axes. Participants write CSS font-variation-settings and test interpolation across breakpoints with live browser tools.
Fluid type systems
Focuses on clamp(), viewport units, and modular scale. Participants build a type scale that responds to viewport width without media query breakpoints, then audit it against WCAG minimum text size requirements.
Readable text for all screens
Addresses contrast ratios, line length, line height, and spacing for users with low vision or dyslexia. The session uses the axe DevTools browser extension to audit real pages and apply fixes during the workshop.
Group design crits
Structured critique sessions where participants present their typographic work for peer review. Each critique follows a fixed format — describe, question, suggest — so feedback stays specific and useful rather than subjective.
Each session runs as a contained unit
Workshops are delivered live online, with participants from across the province joining the same session. There are no pre-recorded substitutes — the format depends on real-time interaction.
Assignment feedback is given within the session itself, not asynchronously. Participants leave with a file they built during the workshop, not a slide deck to review later.
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Short concept brief
The facilitator introduces the topic in under 15 minutes, using annotated specimens rather than definitions.
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Guided exercise
Participants work through a constrained task — usually 25 to 35 minutes — with the facilitator available in a shared screen channel.
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Live review
Selected participants share work. The group identifies what's working and what the type is doing unintentionally.
Ingrid Halvorsen
Lead Facilitator
"Type choices become visible problems when you see them on twelve different screens in one room. That's what workshops do."