Type Electives Lecture Series:

Type Designer AMA Series with Sahar Afshar

Join our Type Electives directors Juan and Lynne for an insightful discussion on “Theory and Practice in Type Design” featuring special guest Dr. Sahar Afshar.

Juan and Lynne will begin by sharing the basics on the fundamentals of type design, to set the stage for the conversation to follow. They will then be joined by Sahar, who is an independent type designer and researcher based in London. She is Lead Instructor for Type West Online, holds a PhD in Printing History from Birmingham City University, and is part of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Printing History and Culture.

Together, they’ll dive deeper and engage in a lively conversation answering community-submitted questions, exploring topics such as “What is worth doing in type?”, “Should I design glyphs for languages I can’t read?” followed by a Q&A session from our audience.

Send us your questions through our Instagram @typeelectives

The event will be hosted online via Zoom.

We look forward to having you with us!

Sahar Afshar

Sahar Afshar (she/her) is an independent type designer and researcher based in London. She holds a PhD in Printing History from Birmingham City University, and is part of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Printing History and Culture in Birmingham, and the Type Director's Club in New York. She divides her time between her practice as a type designer with over a decade of experience in working on various retail and custom fonts, and her research—investigating the technological, cultural, and political dimensions of typography and printing, and how these facets converge through various historical contexts. She is the Lead Instructor for Type West Online, helping students expand their creative potential to make their own typefaces from anywhere in the world.

Instagram: @sahafshar