Type Electives Lecture Series:

Join us for a series of insightful conversations exploring the challenges of language support, diacritic design, and the role of type design in language revitalization. Our guests will share their experiences designing for diverse languages and scripts, offering both practical insights and critical perspectives.

In this session, we’ll speak with Jo Malinis and Jad Maza to explore the rich linguistic and typographic landscape of the Philippines. Jo will open with a broad overview of the country’s many languages and scripts, followed by Jad’s research on Baybayin and ongoing efforts in script revival and cultural reclamation. Together, they will reflect on questions such as: How has colonization impacted the writing systems of the Philippines? How have English and Tagalog shaped everyday communication and design? What does it mean to reclaim precolonial scripts today, and how can type design support that process?

This session will feature a short presentation, followed by a conversation moderated by Juan and Lynne, and an open Q&A for the attendees.

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The event will be hosted online via Zoom.

We look forward to having you with us!

Jo Malinis

Jo Malinis (she/her) is a type and graphic designer from the Philippines. She earned a postgraduate certificate from Type West in 2022 and has taught design at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as well as assisted workshops at Type Electives. Jo is currently the Library Curator at Type Network. Jo founded Type63, a platform celebrating Filipino type design and typography, and is the co-founder of Type Fair PH, an in-person gathering and celebration of Filipino type and talent.

Personal: @aniciaclean

Jad Maza

Jad Maza (he/him) is a Filipino designer hailing from Iloilo, Philippines. Sparked by a passion project, his type design practice focuses on developing fonts for both Latin and Baybayin scripts, and explores what more type design can look like in the Philippines' context.

Personal: @jad.otf