Bianca Berning

What The Government Doesn't Want You to Know About Variable Fonts

June 9, Friday 11:15 – SALT Galata

Let's look beyond the obvious benefit of variable fonts, the greatly-reduced file size, and explore their potential impact on typography. How can OpenType Font Variations assist the reader? How can they improve responsive typography?

About Berning

Bianca Berning is a font engineer with background in civil engineering, communication and typeface design. After completing her MA in typeface design in Reading in 2011 she joined Dalton Maag, a London-based type foundry. She now heads the Skills & Process department, a multidisciplinary team of typeface designers, font engineers and software developers. Bianca and her team are responsible for training and development, knowledge management, and for the implementation of internal standards and the improvement of Dalton Maag’s font development processes.