DTL FontMaster Conference
The 4th DTL FontMaster Conference will take place on November 18th, 2009 at the Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel in Den Haag.
The event is being sponsored by the Dutch Type Library (DTL). The motto is »Type[&]Design 2009« and addresses professional users of type such a graphic designers, typographers, printers, type designers and manufacturers. This year, the conference will focus on OpenType and its applications for different systems and software as, for instance, Apple®, Adobe®, Microsoft® and Quark®.
At the same time, the IKARUS System celebrates its 35th year of existence. Developed by Dr. Peter Karow in 1974, its concept laid the cornerstone for important capabilities such as hinting and kerning for modern font technologies.
Dr. Peter Karow will be an honored guest at this conference and will present the second »Dr. Peter Karow Award for Font Technology and Digital Typography«. The winner is Thomas Milo who has come up with outstanding developments in the automation of setting Arabic languages (ACE Technologie). Furthermore, there will be the introduction of Fontmaster 3.0, which extends the Adobe® Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO) beyond Version 1.5 of the DTL OTMaster.
The event is being sponsored by the Dutch Type Library (DTL). The motto is »Type[&]Design 2009« and addresses professional users of type such a graphic designers, typographers, printers, type designers and manufacturers. This year, the conference will focus on OpenType and its applications for different systems and software as, for instance, Apple®, Adobe®, Microsoft® and Quark®.
At the same time, the IKARUS System celebrates its 35th year of existence. Developed by Dr. Peter Karow in 1974, its concept laid the cornerstone for important capabilities such as hinting and kerning for modern font technologies.
Dr. Peter Karow will be an honored guest at this conference and will present the second »Dr. Peter Karow Award for Font Technology and Digital Typography«. The winner is Thomas Milo who has come up with outstanding developments in the automation of setting Arabic languages (ACE Technologie). Furthermore, there will be the introduction of Fontmaster 3.0, which extends the Adobe® Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO) beyond Version 1.5 of the DTL OTMaster.
