On Skolar. Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Cieszyn, 2010.
On typeface design. Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Cieszyn, 2010. — about typeface design process for graphic design students. English slides & Czech slides
General issues in multi-script typography. 4th International ConTeXt Meeting, 2010 – see description below.
On Skolar. 3rd TeXperience Conference, 2010.
Thinking in typeface design. ICTVC conference, Cyprus, 2010. – presentation of selected cross-subject parallels between typeface design and other fields (math, computer science, linguistics): the need for the rhythm in typography, typefaces as structures, typefaces as languages.
On typeface design. University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 2010. — about typeface design process for graphic design students. English slides & Czech slides
About Skolar. KrakTypo conference, Krakow, 2009. — presentation of the typeface for academic publications.
Specifying consistency. Multilingual typography workshop, Lanckorona, 2009. — on motivations and methods for achieving consistency.
On diacritics. Multilingual typography workshop, Lanckorona, 2009.
General issues in multi-script typography. Multilingual typography workshop, Lanckorona, 2009 – see description below.
Tvorba typografického písma. FaVU VUT, Brno, 2009. — about typeface design process for graphic design students.
General issues in multi-script typography. ATypI conference, Saint Petersburg, 2008. — an overview of the most common typographic issues in publications which involve two or more scripts with a horizontal reading direction (e.g. Latin, Indic, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.). The talk aims to explain the problems systematically from a partially-objective point of view and show some of the possible solutions.
Designing GUI. Zurich, 2006. — on GUI basics for Amberg Engineering programmers.
Značka & visuální styl. Brno, 2006. — about the process of creating logos & visual identities.
Římské písmo monumentální. Brno, 2005. — on Roman inscriptional lettering for graphic-design beginners.
Workshops
TypeWorks—typeface design workshops, FaVU VUT, Brno, 2011. A series of three three-days-long type design workshops for students of the Graphic design studio and public participants.
Typeface design workshops, FaVU VUT, Brno, 2009/2010. — a series of type workshops covering topics such as: designing typeface for particular purpose, planning a type family, fitting, kerning, designing diacritics, font production, &c. Graphic design students kept working on their typefaces part-time throughout the academic year at the Atelier of graphic design of the Faculty of Fine Arts of VUT in Brno.
O písmu (On type), Pellico5, Brno, 2010. — an evening lecture and simple workshop for graphic designers, focused on deeper understanding of typefaces and their mechanics. What are the parameters influencing final typeface appearance and how to pick the right type for a particular project.
Multilingual typography workshop, Sign and typography studio of The Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Lanckorona, 2009. — five-days long series of workshops and lectures on multilingual typography. The aim was to develop decision-making abilities necessary for extending Latin, designing diacritics, and working with unfamiliar writing systems. What happens when the letters are adapted for typography? Which design approaches are transferable from Latin to non-Latin scripts and which are definitely not?
