Web Typography with Kenneth Ormandy

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GDC Alberta North Chapter

Kenneth Ormandy is an independent designer and front-end developer specializing in web typography.
He's the organiser behind Vancouver’s typography speaker series <A HREF="http://typebrigade.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Type Brigade</A>, and has <A HREF="http://kennethormandy.com/speaking/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">spoken</A> at events including TypeCon, Front-Trends Warsaw, and CSS Conf Australia.
Kenneth studied at NAIT, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and the intensive type design program <A HREF="http://typeparis.com/people/kenneth-ormandy" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Type@Paris</A>. He regularly contributes to <A HREF="http://losttype.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Lost Type Co-op</A>, and also helped launch the popular front-end deployment platform <A HREF="https://surge.sh/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Surge.sh</A>. Some of his latest work includes the web <A HREF="http://ddc-hardware.losttype.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">specimen</A> for Draplin's DDC Hardware Typeface.
His talk, “Web Type Specimens are Web Type Specimens,” looks at how sometimes web typography is just typography, and how sometimes we can do typographic things that only work on the web as medium. Kenneth will join us for a talk followed by a Q+A session—please come prepared with any curiousities or questions you may have about typography and typography on the web. 
Interested in learning more about Kenneth? Check out his <A HREF="http://kennethormandy.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">portfolio</A> and his <A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/kennethormandy/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</A>.
The GDC AB North is very excited for this opportunity to host Kenneth.

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