Designing letters for a 1.4-inch screen means every pixel is a decision. Tomas walks through two years of drafts for a watch face, including the 7 that nearly broke the project.
[02] BIOGRAPHY
In their own words, mostly
Written with the speaker and checked twice.
BASED IN
Oslo
ROOM
Hall B
STARTS
10:20
Tomas Holt runs Holt Letters, a two-person foundry in Oslo. His typefaces are used on train platforms in Norway, on a Danish bank's cards and on three smartwatch faces.
Before type he spent six years drawing maps for a hiking association, which he says taught him more about legibility than any book.
[03] THE TALK
A typeface that knows it lives on a watch
Designing letters for a 1.4-inch screen means every pixel is a decision. Tomas walks through two years of drafts for a watch face, including the 7 that nearly broke the project.
[04] ALSO SPEAKING
More people worth the train
[05] TICKETS
One question from the floor could be yours
[13] ONE EMAIL, WHEN THE PROGRAMME PRINTS
Hear about speakers before the posters go up
Four emails a year: the first names, the full programme, the workshops and the week before the doors open. Nothing else.