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The South Coast Design Forum, working with the University of Portsmouth, have great pleasure in hosting an exciting afternoon of typography.

Return To Type aims to communicate with designers on all levels. Whether you have a passionate interest in letter forms or want to learn more about how typography shapes the environment in which we live, this event will stimulate and inform.

With the first public screening on the south coast of the film ‘Helvetica’, followed by a talk by the renowned type-designer Bruno Maag, Return To Type promises to be an interesting and exciting insight into the fascinating world of typography.

Return To Type

Eldon Building - Lecture Theatre

University of Portsmouth

Wednesday 16th April 2008 (4pm - 8pm)

This event would not be possible without the generous support of the following:

AVA Publishing
AVA, proud sponsors of ‘Return to Type’, AVAs award winning graphic
design and typography titles have helped establish AVA as a leading
publisher of applied visual communication art books for students and
professionals. Books will be available for a special price on the day.

James McNaughton Group
Connect @ McNaughton is the specialist division of McNaughton Paper, designed to connect graphic designers and specifi ers of paper and board with advice, information, samples and dummies, to assist in the selection of the appropriate product for each specifi c job. With an empasis on the environment McNaughton Paper are stockists of a wide range of paper, board and speciality products.

Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI), University of Portsmouth

South Coast Design Forum

Dalton Maag

Sifer Design