Type Design Workshops
RIT students are invited to participate in a day of workshops led by a trio of world-renowned typeface designers: visiting artist Juan Villanueva and Georg Seifert and Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer, the originators of font editing software Glyphs. Seifert and Scheichelbauer are RIT's 2026 Frederic W. Goudy Award recipients.
The workshops will cover a range of topics related to typeface design on Saturday, April 11:
Lettering with Juan Villanueva
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Booth Hall, 3310
Intro to Python and Animating Fonts (led by Seifert and Scheichelbauer)
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Booth Hall, 3310
Intro to GlyphsApp (led by Seifert and Scheichelbauer)
1-4 p.m.
Booth Hall, 3310
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Event Snapshot
When and Where
Who
Open to the Public
Interpreter Requested?
No
Topics
student experience