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Two days to book launch

“I never thought a book on Typography would make me laugh so much” Caryl Jones

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“This is a fun romp through the world of typography—its evolution and application in today’s visual world that will make you think and make you laugh. This hugely enjoyable book is engaging, insightful and entertaining. Highly recommended” Caryl Jones, Communications consultant.

“This book is great! It’s an easy read which will go down a treat with designers and enthusiasts” Geraldine Marshall, Type Talk coordinator & member of the typographic hub, BCU.

“I really enjoyed that and learned a lot” Vinita Nawathe, Public policy analyst.

“Fantastic. Very clever” Sarah’s Mum

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‘The Type Taster: How Fonts Influence You’ by Sarah Hyndman is not available in the shops, click here to buy a copy.

Type & Cake Bake Off

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I recently gave a talk to the Visual Communication (VisCom) students at the Arts University Bournemouth. After the talk I was delighted to accept the invitation to be one of the judges of their third annual Type & Cake bake off.

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Letterform Live

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Letterform Live with Grafik and Monotype
January 28th 2015
‘Advertising’ with Mike Dempsey, Angus Hyland, Sarah Hyndman, Jeremy Tankard

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TEDxBedford Sarah Hyndman

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Wake up and smell the fonts

Sarah shares with us a story of type and invites us to consider our emotional response to the printed word. Each font/typeface has a personality that influences our interpretation of the words we read by evoking our emotions and setting the scene. We all understand this instinctively but it happens on a subconscious level. Sarah shows us that conscious awareness of the emotional life of fonts can be entertaining and ultimately give us more control over the decisions we make.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

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We are all type consumers and typefaces, or fonts, play a vital role in our everyday lives. They help us to navigate, they help us to make choices, they help us to shop, they keep us safe and sometimes they even play a game of sleight of hand. It is hugely important as the world involves that all of those involved in the future communication and technology understand the power of type.

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Just because I’m talking ‘typography’ there’s no need for me to be all serious and ‘Times New Roman’ about it.

“A brilliant #type talk. Loved your transformation from Times New Roman. True show it not say it.” Sandra Dartnell @mdh_sandra

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Talking ‘fonts’ on BBC Three Counties Radio

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I was recently invited to the BBC studios for a short chat with Nick Coffer about ‘fonts’ and he gave the book a good plug. I’m on at 1:37 after Elvis and it lasts for around 11 minutes.

Behind the scenes of TEDxBedford

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I am privileged to be a speaker at TEDxBedford on Saturday 15th November. The films of the talks will be available in a month, meanwhile here’s a glimpse of my experience from behind the scenes.

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‘by Design’ TEDxBedford 2014

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TEDxBedford 2014 is taking place on the afternoon of the 15th November 2014 at The South Bank Arts Centre, Bedford College. A diverse range of speakers will join us to share their ‘ideas worth spreading’ relating to our theme ‘by Design’.

Sarah Hyndman, Wake Up and Smell the Fonts

Designer Sarah Hyndman explores typography as we experience it in our every day lives under the banner of Type Tasting. Since the launch in 2013 she’s curated an exhibition at the V&A for the London Design Festival, been interviewed on Radio 4’s Today, taken Type Tasting to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas and has been commissioned to write a book.

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