Type Brigade №43 follow-up

Hope you enjoyed Type Brigade №43 the other night! We were glad to help kick-off Vancouver Design Week, and have Angela Bains, Dean Giffin, and Matthew Smith speak.

Here are a few other things we shared during the event:

Martin Jackson Calligraphy Workshop

We also announce our upcoming Calligraphy Fundamentals workshop run by renowned calligrapher Martin Jackson.

Our Patreon backers get \$10 off and early access to the tickets, in addition to the other perks we offer like our custom print series printed by Mitchell Press.

Otherwise, General Admission opens up on Monday, and you can sign up for the waitlist now.

Custom Fonts and CSS on Squarespace

If you’re using Squarespace but want to go beyond the default font selection, I’ve written a free guide for you.

There’s also an expanded version available there for less than the price of a single month of Squarespace. You can get 10% off with the promo code TYPEBRIGADE.

Vancouver Design Week

There’s also many more fun and interesting events going on this week for VDW. Here’s some with Type Brigade contributors:

• Matthew Smith will be running the Make It Pop Quiz tonight
• Angela Bains is speaking at BCIT cocktails event on Friday, May 11
• Previous speaker Patrick Altair McDonald and I will be at the L’Atelier Breakfast on the morning of May 12
• BrainStation’s User Interface Design Principles event is on May 12, free with code VDW100
• Louder Than Ten is having an open house on May 12, with previous speaker Travis Gertz
• Type Brigade co-organiser Alanna Munro will be running a lettering demo inside a bubble in Robson Square on May 12 at 3pm

The full list of events is on the VDW website.

Have a great rest of your Design Week, and hope to see you at Type Brigade №44 on May 30. You’ll get an automatic email via the meetup group about that as soon as we officially announce the event.

—Kenneth