<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><h3 style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray;font-weight:normal">International Conference, Workshops and Exhibitions:</span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;font-weight:normal"><br></span><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:'Ek Mukta';color:rgb(255,102,0)">Typoday</span><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:'Ek Mukta'"> </span><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:'Ek Mukta';color:gray">2017</span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;font-weight:normal"></span></h3><h3 style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray"><span><span>23rd to 25th February 2017</span></span> <br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray;font-weight:normal">Typoday 2017 is organised by Department of Integrated Design, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with IDC, IIT Bombay and with support from InDeAs and Aksharaya.</span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><a href="http://www.typoday.in/" target="_blank">http://www.typoday.in</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><br></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray"><br></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(89,89,89)">Theme:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(153,153,153);font-weight:normal"></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"><br>Focus on</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> ‘Typography and Diversity’</span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"></span><br></h3><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:gray"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Introduction</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">The theme for this year's event is 'Typography and Diversity'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">The event will feature a day of workshops on Typography and Calligraphy followed by two days of conference dedicated to 'Typography and Diversity'. The international conference will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users and type educators. The conference includes presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars and students. The event will also host an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works of students and faculty members from Design Institutes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">The event is planned over three days:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Day 1: Workshops on Typography + Meet on 'Research in Typography'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Day 2-3 : Conference focusing on 'Typography and Diversity' + Typo Quiz + Exhibition and Installations<br><br><br></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">Main Typographic Issues for the conference:<br><br>The Conference will focus on the following issues:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Experiments and Explorations in Diversity of Typography</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Typography and Diversity in the context of Culture</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Typography and Diversity in the process of Learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Typographic Diversity using Multilingual Scripts</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Typographic Diversity in Native (Indigenous) Scripts</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">. Diversity of Typography in Local Languages<br>. Research Activities in Diversity of Typography<b><br><br></b></span></p><strong style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Sub-themes for the conference:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"></span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">The conference will focus on, but will not be limited to the following sub-themes:</span> <br><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><strong> Typography and Diversity in education</strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br>Instructional Aid, Displays, Information Graphics<br><b><strong> Digital typography and Diversity</strong></b><br>Mobile devices, Tablets, Web Typography<br><b><strong> Environmental Typography and Diversity</strong></b><br>Signage, Installations, Graffiti or Street Art, Architecture <br><b><strong> Commercial typography and Diversity</strong></b><br>Advertisements, Packaging, Retail, Product graphics, Fashion<br><b><strong> Vernacular typography and Diversity</strong></b><br>Native Calligraphy, Culture and Typography, Indigenous scripts<br><b><strong> Visual Literacy with respect to Typography and Diversity</strong></b><br>Visual Ergonomics, Cognitive studies, Human Machine Interface, Reading experiences<br><b><strong> Typography and Diversity in Media</strong></b><br>Television, Movie titling, Movie posters, Subtitling, Typography in motion</span> <br><br><br><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(127,127,127)">Call for Papers</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"><a href="http://www.typoday.in/call-paper.html" target="_blank">http://www.typoday.in/call-paper.html</a></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br><br>We invite a 500-800 word abstract (with examples) in three categories:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-indent:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Concerns in Typography and Diversity (Academic Research/Presentations)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-indent:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Innovative applications of Diversity in Typography (Case Studies)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-indent:0cm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Student projects on Typography and Diversity (Student Projects)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Submission Specifications: </span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><a href="http://typoday.in/call-paper.html" target="_blank">http://typoday.in/call-paper.html</a> <br><br></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Deadlines: <br></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Deadline for abstract submission: <b><span><span>31st August 2016</span></span><br></b>Declaration of accepted abstracts: <b><span><span>30th September 2016</span></span><br></b>Deadline for submission of full paper: <b><span><span>30th of November 2016</span></span><br></b></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:28.8px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(127,127,127)">Logo Design Competition</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.typoday.in/logo.html" target="_blank">http://www.typoday.in/logo.html</a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> <br><br></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">‘Typography and Diversity’</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Design a logo for ‘Typography Day 2017’ so that it expresses the theme of the event - 'Typography and Diversity'.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">As the conference is being held in Srilanka, we encourage you to include the context of Srilanka in the design of logo.<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Calligraphic or digitally created letterforms or existing fonts, or a combination of these can be used for the logo. The logo should also include the words ‘Typography Day 2017’ or ‘Typo Day 2017’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">The resulting logo should be of the size and specification given below. This competition is open to students. The competition is open to all - non resident Indians, as well as foreign citizens can take part in it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Procedure for selecting student participants:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">One idea will be finalized from the submitted lot. The jury will have the right to select, reject or request modifications for the selected logo.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Submission Specifications: </span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><a href="http://typoday.in/logo.html" target="_blank">http://typoday.in/logo.html</a><br><br></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Important Dates:<br></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Deadline for submission: <b><span><span>30th September 2016</span></span></b><br>Declaration of results: <b>15th October 2016</b><br><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:28.8px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(127,127,127)">Poster Design Competition</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.typoday.in/poster.html" target="_blank">http://www.typoday.in/poster.html</a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> <br></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal">‘Typography and Diversity’</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br>Design a poster to Express Diversity in Typography.</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal">You can use</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal">- The Language, Script and Typeface of your choice. You can make use of one letter, one word, many words or even a paragraph composed of words.</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal">- Calligraphic or digitally created letterforms or existing fonts, or a combination of these can be used for the poster.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br><br><strong>Calligraphic or digitally created letterforms or existing fonts, or a combination of these can be used for the poster.</strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> <br>The resulting poster should be of the size and specification given below. This competition is open to students, faculty and professionals. The competition is open to all. Non resident Indians, as well as foreign citizens can take part in it.<br><br><strong>Procedure for selecting student participants: </strong><b><br></b>wenty five winning entries will be published as a book and displayed in an exhibition during the event. The winners are entitled to free participation (workshop expenses and food) during the ‘Typography Seminar and Workshop’ on 23rd, <span><span>24th and 25th of February 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Each of the winning participants will receive 2 copies of the book and will also be given the 'Certificate of Winning the Poster Competition'.<br>Submission Specifications: <strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><a href="http://typoday.in/poster.html" target="_blank">http://typoday.in/poster.html</a></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br><b>Important Dates:<br></b>Deadline for submission: <b>31st October 2016</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">Declaration of results: <b><span><span>30th November 2016</span></span></b><span style="color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:22.4px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:28.8px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(127,127,127)">Registration</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black">Participation in the conference and workshop 'Typographyday 2017' on 23rd to 25th of February 2017 requires registration. The seating is limited to 400 participants. The registration will open from first week of December 2016 onwards.<br><br>More details at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><a href="http://www.typoday.in/" target="_blank">http://www.typoday.in</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"></span></p><h1 style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><br></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(127,127,127)">Contact<br></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-weight:normal">If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us:</span><br><br></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;font-weight:normal">Chetan Bhuj</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black"><br><span style="font-weight:normal">Typography Day 2017,<br>Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay <br>Powai Mumbai- 400 076, India </span><br>E-mail: </span><strong><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:normal"><a href="mailto:typographyday@gmail.com" target="_blank">typographyday@gmail.com</a></span></strong><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> <br><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="color:black">Phone: 091-22-2576 7820, 091-22-2576 4815</span><span style="color:black"><br>Fax : 091-22-2576 7803, 091-22-2572 3480</span></span></span></h1><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div></div>
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