Hamilton Type Festival

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A month-long celebration of type and the way it interacts with our lives. Featuring workshops, demonstrations, walking tours, exhibitions and screenings that showcase type, signs, printmaking, communication and design.

The kick off for the Hamilton Type Festival was Friday night at Mixed Media, 174 James St. N. with the opening of the Ghost Signs of Hamilton exhibition. Running until June 6, you have the entire month to place a bid on some amazing pieces of art showcasing the fading advertisments on brick walls that can be found around town.

Other events:

Hamilton premiere of Helvetica - -

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday last year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Join us for the Hamilton premiere at The Staircase, 27 Dundurn St. N. on Thursday, May 22nd. Screenings at 7pm and 9pm. $7 admission. Advance tickets available from Mixed Media, 174 James St. N.

Sign Painting demo with Gord Pullar - - -

Stop by Mixed Media, 174 James Street North on Saturday, May 24 from 1-3pm to see it for yourself! Gord Pullar is a Hamilton-based freelance illustrator who has worked for clients big and small including the National Post, Labatt’s and Hamilton Magazine. He attended the Ontario College of Art and Design and has worked in various facets of the art and advertising industry.

Typesetting demo with Greg Smith - -

Stop by The Print Studio, 173 James Street North on Saturday, May 24th from 1-3pm to see it for yourself! Greg Smith has worked in the communications industry as a designer and art director for over a decade specializing in print design and typography. He operates Blind Pig Press for the hand production of books, posters and ephemera.

Signs of downtown Hamilton walking tour - - -

The layers of our city’s history goes further than the bricks and mortar of our architectural elements. Signs of all kinds line our main streets flashing, pointing and marking the businesses that have long vanished, yet their creative identities remain. Please join us on Sunday, May 25 as we walk from one end of the downtown to the other in search of signs, designs and communication from the past. From neon to hand painted, amateur to professional, Pagoda Chop Suey to Zack’s Furniture - the signs of downtown Hamiton are an opportunity to see our city’s illustrated design past. Tour starts at 1 p.m. in front of Mixed Media, 174 James Street North and ends at Hamilton History+HERitage for coffee and discussion. For more details please call 905.529.2323

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HELVETICA - Hamilton Premiere www.helveticafilm.com
Thursday, May 22nd, 7pm & 9pm
$7.00 tickets. Seating is limited.
Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn St. N. www.staircase.org

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography,
graphic design and global visual culture. The film looks at the
proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about
the way type affects our lives.

Special guest speakers Brian Maloney of The Type Club of Toronto and
Patrick Griffin of Canada Type, representing The Society of
Typographic Aficionados and Indie Fonts, will tell us everything we
need to know about type, typography, and TypeCon 2008. Raffle, silent
auction and plenty of swag!

Brought to you as part of the HAMILTON TYPE FESTIVAL
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ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT MIXED MEDIA, 174 James St. N. 905-529-2323