Australian type designer, musician and Arsenal supporter. Owner Australian Type Foundry™️
Joined February 2012
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9 Feb 2023
I am beyond excited to announce that Crafting Type, the traveling international font creation workshop, is arriving in Australia for the first time ever!
The workshop will be led by global type legend Thomas Phinney (Adobe, Font…lnkd.in/g9RUWgRh craftingtype.com/
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29 Jan 2023
I can’t wait to teach type design again, & visit Oz for the first time. Dublin last fall I felt rusty the first day, but then I was on a roll. Now I’m READY! 😂
Can’t explain how much I love talking type to people who want to learn, & helping them reshape those curves. 😍
29 Jan 2023
Crafting Type intro type design workshop coming to Australia for first time! Learn how to make fonts in Melbourne, Mar 24–26, w/Thomas Phinney (@ThomasPhinney) and Wayne Thompson (Australian Type Foundry: atf.com.au/). 20% off until Feb 26!
craftingtype.com/
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8 Nov 2018
Typism Worshop tomorrow morning with @wayneatf. If you’re in Canberra, you can still grab tickets. ift.tt/2RDbhFE
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31 Oct 2018
Aussie Lettering legend @wayneATF will be speaking at #typsim Canberra this November. ⠀
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This multi-skilled practitioner teaches hand lettering but also typeface design, and he's also a master at Dad Jokes. ⠀
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Come hear him speak about all three at… ift.tt/2yJIpEB
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30 May 2018
In Queensland Australia, we have a yearly conference called @TypismCommunity hosting a day of Typographers and Letterers from around the country. Always inspirational and educational. Hanging out with some of the big fish like @WayneATF afterwards is a huge bonus I’m greatful for
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8 May 2018
Loveable larrikin and past #typism speaker @wayneATF gives us this gift of Aussie lingo in the new #typismbook
Grab your copy now for just $38.50 pp. typismbook.com ift.tt/2K7LJNo
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2 Apr 2018
Close-up of the shadow cut from my Treehouse signature-style wordmark. Techniques like this can… instagram.com/p/BhDdJHWjeWv/
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19 Mar 2018
Teaching my students today about chromatic type. Australian type needs Australian slang words to… instagram.com/p/BgfIfVLFsLU/
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13 Mar 2018
One of the perks about being an identity designer is that you get to exercise your brain daily, problem solving varied briefs for a wide variety of clients. This time a boat manufacturer.
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11 Feb 2018
This week on the blog (typism.com.au) we are featuring Wayne Thompson (@wayneatf) who shares his process for refining brush lettering as part of the Typism Skills Summit. ⠀
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He uses an unusual tool to refine his brush lettering: baking paper… ift.tt/2CegiMN
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24 Jan 2018
Here's a wordmark from 2017 which I really enjoyed creating. My client asked for a… instagram.com/p/BeU2jvSDCgb/
5 Jan 2018
Super enjoying the new issue of TypeNotes from @fontsmith Quality reading for anyone with a… instagram.com/p/BdjLXPdDjel/
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3 Dec 2017
Had heaps of fun yesterday at my first cola-pen workshop. Thanks to all the enthusiastic… instagram.com/p/BcPBpesDv_q/
30 Nov 2017
'Coz this is thriller, thriller night...' Would you like to scrawl on your ex's mirror? Create… instagram.com/p/BcIbeQCjM4K/
