ATypI 2000 first announcement

[sharon irving <sharon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For immediate release

>ATypI Annual Conference
>Leipzig, Germany - 21 to 24 September 2000

It has been confirmed that ATypI¹s annual conference this year
will be held in Leipzig, Germany and will take place between
21 and 24 September, 2000.

Co-chairmen of the conference will be Erik Spiekermann of
MetaDesign, Berlin and Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler of the
Werkstätten und Museum fur Druckkunst in Leipzig (both Board
Members of ATypI) who will create a rich programme of lectures,
demonstrations, workshops and discussions, drawing together
historical aspects of type and typography with the latest
cutting edge activities in type and technology.

Leipzig is a beautiful city, rich in the traditions of books
and publishing and is well supplied with antiquarian booksellers.
It was the home of Bach, Wagner, Mendelssohn, and Goethe and
has some of the finest classical music and opera in Germany.
The atmosphere in the city is relaxed and the people are very
friendly.

The Museum is unique in the richness and diversity of its
collection of European and oriental type matrices, letter
patterns and steel punches. Among the oldest items in the
collection is a font of matrices by the famous punch cutter
Jakob Sabon dating from 1572, as well as an original cutting
of  Old Schwabacher which also dates from the middle of the
16th century. Delegates will be given opportunities to actually
work with many of these precious items.

>More information and early booking discounts
Take a look at www.atypi.org which will be regularly updated
with information as plans are confirmed. More information will
also be sent to you in coming weeks, as it is published,
including programme, registration form and hotel information.
If you have any specific questions please do contact the ATypI
office. Early booking discounts will be available to ATypI
members. If you are not already a member please ask for an
application form.

>Note to editors
Further material and photographs now available, including
biographical notes on the conference chairmen, description
of the Museum, background information on Leipzig. Contact
Sharon Irving for more information.


Executive Director, ATypI
(Association Typographique Internationale)
10 Ridgeway Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6PH, UK
tel +44 (0) 1737 780150
fax +44 (0) 1737 780160
atypi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.atypi.org



--------------BAE3C57ADC0BD4E6EB0E80D8--