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{11.05.03}  SOTA sponsors event and exhibits TypeGallery2003 in western New York. Typografia: Type Design in the 21st Century opens November 7 at Daemen College.   Read more

{10.22.03}  TypeCon2004: Type High will be held July 22-25 in San Francisco, California. More details to come.

{10.21.03}  After successful exhibitions in Minneapolis and Vancouver, TypeGallery2003 will be on display at Daemen College in Amherst, New York. Typografia: Type Design in the 21st Century opens November 7. More details to come.

{10.15.03}  SOTA has sponsored a number of important typographic events in recent months:

• St. Bride Conference, London, England, October 20-21.   Read more
  
• ATypI Conference, Vancouver, Canada, September 25-28.   Read more
  
• Massin Symposium, San Francisco, September 20.   Read more
  
• Kern Baby Kern2, San Francisco, August 8.   Read more
  

{09.05.03}  SOTA welcomes Lewandowski and Associates as its newest sustaining member.

{07.30.03}  SOTA welcomes Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute, Daidala, and Three Islands Press as its newest sustaining members.

{07.01.03}  SOTA welcomes Tiro Typeworks as its latest sustaining member.

{05.18.03}  SOTA has issued a call for submissions for this year’s TypeGallery at TypeCon2003.   Read more   Download PDF

{04.16.03}  Hermann Zapf to receive first SOTA Typography Award in Chicago May 20. The awards presentation will take place during an evening event featuring Zapf and Linotype Type Director Akira Kobayashi.   Read more   Download PDF

{04.08.03}  TypeCon2003 registration begins! TypeCon2003: Counter Culture, will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 17-20. More than 60 speakers will appear, including Jill Bell, Peter Bilak, Leslie Cabarga, Matthew Carter, Mike Cina, Joshua Darden, John Downer, Dave Farey, Jemma Gura, Sibylle Hagmann, Allan Haley, Joachim Müller-Lancé, Jim Parkinson, Ilene Strizver, Armin Vit, and many more. Register securely online and get more info at the TypeCon website.   Read more

{04.08.03}  Chank and Spunk say “Quit Your Job and Get to Work!” World-famous Minneapolis design entrepreneurs lecture on building creative careers. Event to take place in Minneapolis at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Wednesday, April 16.   Read more

{04.08.03}  ATypI announces Between Text and Reader. The Association Typographique Internationale Congress will be held September 24-28, 2003, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.   Read more

{04.8.03}  HOW early bird registration extended! SOTA members receive discounted admission to the HOW Design Conference, June 5-8, 2003, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and an extra discount for registering before April 15.   Read more

{04.08.03}  SOTA welcomes Rod McDonald Typographic Design as its latest sustaining member.

{03.24.03}  SOTA is pleased to offer its members discounted admission to the HOW Design Conference, June 5-8, 2003, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Register before April 1 and receive an additional Early Bird discount.   Read more

{02.20.03}  SOTA welcomes P22 type foundry as its latest sustaining member.

{02.17.03}  SOTA welcomes Terminal Design as its latest sustaining member.

{02.05.03}  SOTA welcomes Font Diner and FontLab as sustaining members in January.

{02.04.03}  Read the transcript of the SOTA online chat hosted at the Typophile Lunchbox in January.

{01.22.03}  TypeCon2003, SOTA’s fifth annual conference, will be held in Minneapolis, July 17-20, 2003. With this year’s event, TypeCon expands to four full days of programming and special events (Thursday morning through Sunday evening). The comprehensive TypeCon2003 website is in the works now. Conference details and secure online registration will be online next month. Visit the site to sign up for the email info list, and get the news first!

{01.21.03}  The new SOTA website is unveiled, with new features, tons of new member benefits and a secure online payment system for handling membership fees. The new site was designed by graphic and type designer Christina Torre, winner of a TDC Judge’s Choice award in 2002 for P22 Dearest. The SOTA site is hosted by our friends at 3ip.net.

{01.19.03}  SOTA will be the topic of conversation in the Typophile Lunchbox #1, the first in a series of real-time web-based chat sessions. Join us Thursday, January 23, at 12 noon Pacific Time, as we discuss what the future holds for the organization.

{01.09.03}  The good people at Typophile have provided SOTA with its own special interest group in their forums. SOTA members and everyone interested in type are encouraged to take part in the lively discussions.