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Along with a collection of columns from the past and a timely consideration of AI and the humanities, the issue offers new poems by Robert Pinsky and Chase Twichell, among others, a letter from Israel, a story by Joyce Carol Oates, a report from Hanoi, a review of recent books on racial justice and integration along with editor-in-chief Robert Boyers, who started Salmagundi in New York City in 1965, on fascism and resistance in our dangerous moment. After 60 years, no backing down in sight —#228-229 is a banger. [ SUBSCRIBE ](\u002Fshop) An international quarterly magazine of politics, culture, literature and the arts published at Skidmore College • Cover Our 60th anniversary issue, just out, represents precisely what we’ve been offering over these many decades: a wide and surprising range of work by the best writers on everything from politics and literature to art and the current culture. 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This conference aims to provoke informed, rigorous and critical debate on aspects of typographic research and practice that relate to current discourse and contexts. It is the inaugural event in what will become an annual international conference. This year’s conference is supported by ID2015 Year of Irish Design and the Dublin Institute of Technology. In the field of visual communication and typographic practice, a great deal of epistemological uncertainty still exists. As a consequence, concrete theoretical or methodological positions around which the discipline could cohere have yet to emerge—a situation this conference seeks to address. The conference will provide a forum for research into typographic production, representation, dissemination and use. It encourages interdisciplinary enquiry; thus we welcome papers dealing with typography in all its forms, material and immaterial. 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16:45 Mathieu Lommen _Lettering artists’ model books_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17:30 _Close_ – track b - 9.00 _Registration_ – - 10:00 Marcus Swan _Meaning without words: the emoji revolution_ – - 10:30 Johannes Bergerhausen _Digital cuneiform_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Aoife Mooney _Super-charged type: An investigation into the potential for a dynamic typeface family modelled on axes of typographic expression_ – - 12:00 Siobhán Murphy _Print, Pixel and notions of Legacy — recalibrating Harold Innis’ time-binding and space-binding communication technology theories for a post-digital age_ – - 12:30 Cathy Gale _This is your life: the multiplicities of X_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 Sheena Calvert _Punctuating Philosophy_ – - 14:45 Pavel Pisklakov _Typography and Media: History of Evolution and Contemporary Tendencies_ – - 15:15 Kyle Rath _Form vs. Fame: exploring the craft of typographic selection_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16:15 Robin Fuller _Linguistics, grammatology, typography_ – - 16.45 – _–_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17.30 _Close_ – - 19:00 Tobias Frere-Jones _Keynote_ – track c - 9.00 _Registration_ – - 10:00 – _–_ – - 10:30 – _–_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Diederik Corvers _The architect’s new face_ – - 12:00 María Pérez Mena, Eduardo Herrera Fernández and Leire Fernández Iñurritegui _An artistic approach to typography from Eduardo Chillida’s graphic language_ – - 12:30 Naoise Ó Conchubhair _An Post: typography rooted in the past — ahead of its time_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 – _–_ – - 14:45 Dermot McGuinne _Accident by design_ – - 15:15 Teresa Breathnach _Matthew Walker: nationalist printer 1846–1922_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16:15 Richard McElveen and Pauline Clancy _Typographic DNA of place_ – - 16:45 Michael Everson _Authenticity and Ireland’s tradition of Gaelic type_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17:30 _Close_ – Saturday track d - 9:00 Aspasia Papadima _Introducing a new set of typographic characters for the representation of Greek-Cypriot dialect’s distinct sounds_ – - 9:30 Robert Lzicar _Swiss Types — the invention of a national typography_ – - 10:00 Radek Sidun _Milestones in Czech type design_ – - 10:30 Keith Tam _Typographic cueing in bilingual documents_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Juan Luis Blanco _The case of the Tifinaghscript: typeface design to the rescue_ – - 12:00 Meta Newhouse and Nathan Davis _Type of place: a systematic preservation of cultural memory_ – - 12:30 Ian Montgomery, Liam McComish and Ruth Brolly _Graphic de:re:generation_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch break_ – - 14:15 Evripides Zantides _Exploring the mythical qualities of letterforms through semiotics and content analysis_ – - 14:45 Jill Spratt _The word_ – - 15:15 Liam McComish and Ian Montgomery _Spread the word_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16.15 Onur Yazıcıgil and Özlem Özka _Ottoman Typography towards Modernisation_ – - 16:45 Dan Reynolds _East German typefaces, twenty-five years on_ – - 17:15 Crystian Cruz _Unveiling censored content through typography_ – - 17:45 _Discussion_ – - 18:00 _Close_ – track e - 9:00 Denise Gonzales Crisp _Educating toward the discipline_ – - 9:30 Gerry Leonidas _A framework for developing discourse in typeface design_ – - 10:00 Silas Munro _Hands on-again, off-again: a paradigm of typographic pedagogy in hybrid learning_ – - 10:30 Brenda Dermody _The role and impact of the professional body in typographic design education and practice in Ireland_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 John Paul Dowling _Teach content, not type!_ – - 12:00 Gabriel Solomons _Family monograms: tradition and a connection to the past through typographic form_ – - 12:30 Connell Vaughan and Glenn Loughran _Typography and the Video Essay_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 Jo De Baerdemaeker _Lean back: the evolution of reverse italics_ – - 14:45 Jesus Barrientos Mora _A typology for calligraphic type_ – - 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This conference aims to provoke informed, rigorous and critical debate on aspects of typographic research and practice that relate to current discourse and contexts. It is the inaugural event in what will become an annual international conference. This year’s conference is supported by ID2015 Year of Irish Design and the Dublin Institute of Technology. In the field of visual communication and typographic practice, a great deal of epistemological uncertainty still exists. As a consequence, concrete theoretical or methodological positions around which the discipline could cohere have yet to emerge—a situation this conference seeks to address. The conference will provide a forum for research into typographic production, representation, dissemination and use. It encourages interdisciplinary enquiry; thus we welcome papers dealing with typography in all its forms, material and immaterial. We encourage submissions that consider typography in as broad a sense as possible, that celebrate the vitality and range of typography and which seek to expand definitions of both typographic object and practice. – Registration is now open. In partnership with: Identity by Clare Bell and Brenda Dermody. Site by BONG and Post Friday track a - 9.00 _Registration_ – - 10:00 Tom Spalding _Show me the way to go home! Eighteenth and early-nineteenth century lettering and public signage, Cork City, 1730–1840_ – - 10:30 Elena Veguillas _Architectural lettering and corporate identity, early branding on commercial buildings: the Truman’s case_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Ann Bessemans _Type design features for children with low vision_ – - 12:00 Luciano Perondi, Giulia Bonora and Daniele De Rosa _Pass — augmentative and alternative communication_ – - 12:30 Silvia Barbero and Irene Stracuzzi _Sustainability for typography design processes_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 Hilary Kenna _A practice-led study of design principles for screen typography: with reference to the teachings of Emil Ruder_ – - 14:45 Tom Grace _The alluring trap of vector-based drawing_ – - 15:15 Marcus Leis Allion _Typrograms: The Shaped Typography of Computer Programs_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16:15 Amy Papaelias _Future displays: towards a history of type specimens in digital environments_ – - 16:45 Mathieu Lommen _Lettering artists’ model books_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17:30 _Close_ – track b - 9.00 _Registration_ – - 10:00 Marcus Swan _Meaning without words: the emoji revolution_ – - 10:30 Johannes Bergerhausen _Digital cuneiform_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Aoife Mooney _Super-charged type: An investigation into the potential for a dynamic typeface family modelled on axes of typographic expression_ – - 12:00 Siobhán Murphy _Print, Pixel and notions of Legacy — recalibrating Harold Innis’ time-binding and space-binding communication technology theories for a post-digital age_ – - 12:30 Cathy Gale _This is your life: the multiplicities of X_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 Sheena Calvert _Punctuating Philosophy_ – - 14:45 Pavel Pisklakov _Typography and Media: History of Evolution and Contemporary Tendencies_ – - 15:15 Kyle Rath _Form vs. Fame: exploring the craft of typographic selection_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16:15 Robin Fuller _Linguistics, grammatology, typography_ – - 16.45 – _–_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17.30 _Close_ – - 19:00 Tobias Frere-Jones _Keynote_ – track c - 9.00 _Registration_ – - 10:00 – _–_ – - 10:30 – _–_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Diederik Corvers _The architect’s new face_ – - 12:00 María Pérez Mena, Eduardo Herrera Fernández and Leire Fernández Iñurritegui _An artistic approach to typography from Eduardo Chillida’s graphic language_ – - 12:30 Naoise Ó Conchubhair _An Post: typography rooted in the past — ahead of its time_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 – _–_ – - 14:45 Dermot McGuinne _Accident by design_ – - 15:15 Teresa Breathnach _Matthew Walker: nationalist printer 1846–1922_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16:15 Richard McElveen and Pauline Clancy _Typographic DNA of place_ – - 16:45 Michael Everson _Authenticity and Ireland’s tradition of Gaelic type_ – - 17:15 _Discussion_ – - 17:30 _Close_ – Saturday track d - 9:00 Aspasia Papadima _Introducing a new set of typographic characters for the representation of Greek-Cypriot dialect’s distinct sounds_ – - 9:30 Robert Lzicar _Swiss Types — the invention of a national typography_ – - 10:00 Radek Sidun _Milestones in Czech type design_ – - 10:30 Keith Tam _Typographic cueing in bilingual documents_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 Juan Luis Blanco _The case of the Tifinaghscript: typeface design to the rescue_ – - 12:00 Meta Newhouse and Nathan Davis _Type of place: a systematic preservation of cultural memory_ – - 12:30 Ian Montgomery, Liam McComish and Ruth Brolly _Graphic de:re:generation_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch break_ – - 14:15 Evripides Zantides _Exploring the mythical qualities of letterforms through semiotics and content analysis_ – - 14:45 Jill Spratt _The word_ – - 15:15 Liam McComish and Ian Montgomery _Spread the word_ – - 15:45 _Discussion_ – - 16:00 _Break_ – - 16.15 Onur Yazıcıgil and Özlem Özka _Ottoman Typography towards Modernisation_ – - 16:45 Dan Reynolds _East German typefaces, twenty-five years on_ – - 17:15 Crystian Cruz _Unveiling censored content through typography_ – - 17:45 _Discussion_ – - 18:00 _Close_ – track e - 9:00 Denise Gonzales Crisp _Educating toward the discipline_ – - 9:30 Gerry Leonidas _A framework for developing discourse in typeface design_ – - 10:00 Silas Munro _Hands on-again, off-again: a paradigm of typographic pedagogy in hybrid learning_ – - 10:30 Brenda Dermody _The role and impact of the professional body in typographic design education and practice in Ireland_ – - 11:00 _Discussion_ – - 11:15 _Break_ – - 11:30 John Paul Dowling _Teach content, not type!_ – - 12:00 Gabriel Solomons _Family monograms: tradition and a connection to the past through typographic form_ – - 12:30 Connell Vaughan and Glenn Loughran _Typography and the Video Essay_ – - 13:00 _Discussion_ – - 13:15 _Lunch Break_ – - 14:15 Jo De Baerdemaeker _Lean back: the evolution of reverse italics_ – - 14:45 Jesus Barrientos Mora _A typology for calligraphic type_ – - 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Page content: Home slide 1 of 4 - 2025 featured-images.in-short.51-585 01 ## In Short: Celeste Mohammed's \"The Dragon's Mouth (Bocas del Dragón)\" with Andie Davis Wednesday, June 3rd at The Center for Fiction _In Person_ | Cross the straits between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela in Mohammed’s lyrical story of migration, intimacy, and survival... Read More - navid-nazari-deMIcjx5P4o-unsplash Large 02 ## IP & Adaptation: Turning Your Nonfiction Into Fiction with Adam Popescu Saturday, May 16th - May 17th at Online via Zoom _Online_ | Translate real-world reporting into compelling fiction. Workshop pitches, adapt true stories into narrative forms, and learn... Read More - 03 ## In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl” with Amanda Hollander Thursday, June 4th at The Center for Fiction _In Person_ | After Hans Christian Andersen published “The Little Match Girl” in 1845, the story experienced lasting popularity for... Read More - 04 ## Writing the Personal Essay with Theresa Lin Tuesday, May 5th - June 23rd at Online via Zoom _Online_ | Shape lived experience into art by clarifying speaker, situation, and story. Read essays and memoir excerpts, write into emotional... Read More In Short: Celeste Mohammed's \"The Dragon's Mouth (Bocas del Dragón)\" with Andie Davis IP & Adaptation: Turning Your Nonfiction Into Fiction with Adam Popescu In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl” with Amanda Hollander Writing the Personal Essay with Theresa Lin Featured - [ Events](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevents\u002F) [ 9780593801666 (1) (1) Large ### The International Library: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn and James Shapiro Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 5, 2026 Join us for a conversation with translator, writer, and editor Daniel Hahn on his new book, _If This Be Magic: The Unlikely..._ ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fthe-international-library-shakespeare-in-translation-with-daniel-hahn-and-james-shapiro\u002F) - [ Events](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevents\u002F) [ Immersions_Cvr_Final ### The Center for Fiction Presents Kyle McCarthy on _Immersions_ with Leslie Jamison Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 6, 2026 Step into the Gothic world of _Immersions_ with Kyle McCarthy, author of _Everyone Knows How Much I Love You_... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fthe-center-for-fiction-presents-kyle-mccarthy-on-immersions-with-leslie-jamison\u002F) - [ Events](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevents\u002F) [ Final Cover_FAT SWIM ### The Center for Fiction Presents Emma Copley Eisenberg on _Fat Swim_ with Tembe Denton-Hurst Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 13, 2026 Join us this spring for a conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of the bestselling novel _Housemates_, about... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fthe-center-for-fiction-presents-emma-copley-eisenberg-on-fat-swim\u002F) Events [More Events ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevents\u002F) - [May 05 ### The International Library: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn and James Shapiro 7:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction & Livestreamed ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fthe-international-library-shakespeare-in-translation-with-daniel-hahn-and-james-shapiro\u002F) - [May 06 ### The Center for Fiction Presents Kyle McCarthy on _Immersions_ with Leslie Jamison 7:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction & Livestreamed ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fthe-center-for-fiction-presents-kyle-mccarthy-on-immersions-with-leslie-jamison\u002F) - [May 09 ### Salon d’Ayiti: A Living Tribute to René Depestre 4:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fevent\u002Fsalon-dayiti-a-living-tribute-to-rene-depestre\u002F) Groups & Workshops [More Groups & Workshops ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroups-workshops-all\u002F) - [May 4th to May 11th ### Revisiting _Frankenstein_ with Ana Klimchynskaya ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Frevisiting-frankenstein-with-ana-klimchynskaya\u002F) - [May 4th to June 22nd ### Novelists Writing Novelists with Sullivan Summer ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Fnovelists-writing-novelists-with-sullivan-summer\u002F) - [May 5th to June 23rd ### Writing the Personal Essay with Theresa Lin $545 ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Fwriting-the-personal-essay-with-theresa-lin\u002F) Become a member and support the work we do for readers and writers. Join Featured - [ Groups+Workshops](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroups-workshops-all\u002F) [ ### Revisiting _Frankenstein_ with Ana Klimchynskaya 2 Sessions Mondays, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT May 4 to May 11, 2026 _Online_ | Return to Shelley’s foundational novel as Gothic horror and creation myth, exploring how ambition and abandonment haunt this modern classic. ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Frevisiting-frankenstein-with-ana-klimchynskaya\u002F) - [ Groups+Workshops](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroups-workshops-all\u002F) [ ### Novelists Writing Novelists with Sullivan Summer 3 Sessions Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT May 4 to June 22, 2026 _Online_ | Read three popular novels that blur truth, performance, and authorship itself. Explore how fiction mirrors ambition, identity... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Fnovelists-writing-novelists-with-sullivan-summer\u002F) - [ Groups+Workshops](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroups-workshops-all\u002F) [ ### In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Mermaid” with Amanda Hollander Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT June 18, 2026 _In Person_ | Aching to become human and gain a soul, Andersen’s tragic heroine meets her doom as a result of her love for a young prince ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fgroup-workshop\u002Fin-short-hans-christian-andersens-the-little-mermaid-with-amanda-hollander\u002F) [ Visit The Center The Center for Fiction is a home for readers and writers, located at 15 Lafayette Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Visitors are welcome in our Bookstore and Café & Bar, open to the public every day from 9am to 8pm. 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We have the return, after a decade... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Flife-lessons\u002F) - [ Famesick ### Care and Feeding Three of this week’s books concern London: an investigation into a mysterious death; a novel exploring friendship and the... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fcare-and-feeding\u002F) - [ transcription ### Almost Famous Three novels this week touch on fame: we have a slim yet potent book concerning a famous, aging writer; a group of midlife female... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Falmost-famous\u002F) - [ son of nobody ### The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The five novels this week introduce characters—parents, siblings, friends, and enemies—who span a wide range of circumstances... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fthe-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\u002F) - [ Hard Times_FC (2) (2) Large ### Larger Than Life Two of The Center’s upcoming programs launch books from this week’s selection: a much-anticipated conversation with a... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Flarger-than-life\u002F) - [ paradiso 17 ### Fierce Attachments The week’s selection consists of five novels whose characters create powerful bonds that define their lives ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Ffierce-attachments\u002F) - [ all the world can hold ### Through It All The five books this week remind us how, despite life’s obstacles, we carry on. Whether through a memoir composed of staccato... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fthrough-it-all\u002F) - [ a far-flung life ### Going to Great Lengths One does not have to write a long book to be worthy of acclaim. But readers increasingly seek out books of a certain length—whether... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fgoing-to-great-lengths\u002F) - [ kin ### Place Settings Sometimes I read based on the setting—location and circumstance can be very persuasive. In the four novels below you’ll find... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fplace-settings\u002F) - [ m 5.05.10 PM ### (Self) Discovery This week’s selection provides much for readers to discover. There are two novels marked by comic genius–one set in the Middle... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Fself-discovery\u002F) - [ this is not about us ### Internal Affairs Five very different novels address the various ways fictional characters tackle the challenges before them—and change both... ](https:\u002F\u002Fcenterforfiction.org\u002Fbook-recs\u002Finternal-affairs\u002F) - [ m ### Transitions …. A Clean \u002F Minimalist, Typographic \u002F Big Type, Vibrant \u002F Colorful website in the Non-Profit & Charity industry. The overall color palette features White, Black, Brown, Gray. The typography features Roboto (Sans Serif), Freight (Serif). Built using jQuery, MailChimp, PHP, Typekit, WooCommerce, WordPress. AI description: The Center for Fiction serves as a vibrant literary hub, dedicated to fostering a deep community of readers and writers. Through a curated ecosystem of writing workshops, reading groups, fellowships, and public events, the organization bridges the gap between creative production and literary consumption. It functions not just as a venue, but as a vital cultural sanctuary for the exploration of storytelling in all its forms. The visual identity is sophisticated and editorial, utilizing bold, high-contrast typography that commands attention. The design employs a dynamic, asymmetrical grid layout with overlapping elements and large-scale imagery, creating a sense of movement and intellectual energy. By blending a refined serif aesthetic with modern, expansive layouts, the brand communicates both its deep respect for literary tradition and its commitment to contemporary creative expression."]