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Come to a Typographic Swearing Workshop on Valentine’s Day

Would you like an alternative way to spend Valentine’s Day? Come along to an online Typographic Swearing Workshop and get creative.

THIS IS NOT A DATE—everybody’s welcome. This is an antidote to all the gooey cuteness of Valentine’s Day.

This is a typographically fun and rebelliously creative workshop where you can vent some frustration using fonts. Learn about rebellious typography through history. Explore the sounds that make swear words so satisfying. Subvert lettering to create your own typographic profanities. Suitable for all, no experience needed and you can join this virtual session from anywhere in the world.

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Scary letters & frightening fonts (Draw & learn online)



Get spooky creating your own scary words to haunt your social media or to frighten your friends and family.

Come on a chilling tour of frightening fonts—from Victorian book covers and ghostly fairground rides to childhood sweet wrappers and horror movie posters. Draw along and create letters inspired by sounds that will chill you to your core. Learn about fonts and discover the thing that will truly scare the graphic designer in your life.

This is an hour of truly terrifying typography? Do you dare to join in?

Join in live for an hour of spooky fun, with a unique-to-you link to the recording of that session for 24-hours so you can take part on catchup at a time that suits you.

Price per person £8 / £4 (those financially impacted by Covid-19).
Advance booking essential, the number per session is capped so don’t miss out.

** Book with friends, 20% discount for 3+ tickets (applies to full-price tickets) **

This workshop is designed for adults, older children are welcome to join in if they have an adult with them to help, each child’s ticket is £4.

This is a brand new event, I’d appreciate it if you would please click ‘interested’ on the Facebook page here.

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So you thought typography history was boring?

A selection of creative drawings

“Typography doesn’t exist in a history vacuum”

I’ve started a new online series based on the extremely popular activity from my in-person workshops called Typography Life Drawing. This article is a celebration of the results and feedback I’ve received so far, which you can see here are wonderful. A selection of the work is featured here or click here to visit the growing gallery.

This is an innovative new way to learn about type history through drawing, storytelling and music.

“It’s 3 x half-hour sessions a week but the sessions are recorded so you can do them in your own time. Brilliant!” Jan Lewis

There’s still plenty of time for you to join in. With a new topic each week you can just join in for the weeks that interest you or sign up for the whole series!

Typography Life Drawing with author Sarah Hyndman

Weekly £9.50 / £6 (students) book here
4-week subscription £33 book here
Full series subscription £65 (only available until Sunday 23rd August) book here

“Another incredible week of Typography Life Drawing. I can’t recommend these enough. Come for the drawing, stay for the history lessons.” @Minarama

👏🎉 Terrific Tuscans drawings shown above are by Olivia Krawczyk, @minarama, @stonkingfidosetc, @minarama, @stircreativenz and Kat Gaska (left to right, top to bottom) 👏🎉

 

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Typography Life Drawing launches next week

Ideal for designers, students & anybody curious about letterforms.

I’m excited to be starting a brand new series of online sessions next week. These are based on the hugely popular activities from the workshops I’ve been running since 2013.

Tickets for the soft launch next week are at the special price of £5.
Find out more & book here

Each weekly ticket gives you:
• 3 half-hour drawing sessions broadcast live each week at 10am–10.30am (London) on Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
• Access to the recordings for the week.

With access to the recordings, you can choose the time that suits you best that week, wherever you are in the world. Recordings will be deleted at the end of each week.

Get creative learning about typefaces with quick and fun sketching exercises. Listen to their backstories and discover the amazing history behind the styles.

Discover the shapes that make each type style unique as you sketch them. You’ll develop your own drawing style and enjoy the creative process without the pressure of creating a perfect or finished piece of work. Whatever your level, from beginner to expert, this ongoing course will supercharge your love of letterforms.

Find out more & book here