Encyclopedia
Improvements are always in progress with the descriptions and translations of WoT Encyclopedia.
Lately, with the help and contribution of Rosalie Wagner, we’ve updated the descriptions (in English and French for now) of several terms related to font engineering, such as Bounding Box, OpenType Features, Export, and so on.
A new chapter whenever it makes sense has been added to some of these terms: Font Engineering Advice or Hint for those who want to get more information on this aspect 🛠️.

You can check the progress of our Encyclopedia here.
And our roadmap here!

Your help can be precious 💎
We are always looking for people to collaborate with us on the current translations and proofreaders to improve the project.
And to collect enough funding to work with such collaborators, we are also continuously looking for sponsors to support each task or the project in general 💪.
If you have any question or interest for these, please contact us via email!

Help the community
Type foundries and companies can also sponsor tickets to events planned at WoT, so that selected students can join for free! We’ll gladly communicate about your support on our socials and during the events, and you get to help some students who wouldn’t afford the lectures or workshops otherwise 💖
Ask us about the future events if you’re interested!

What already happened in 2026

Schriften, Lettering, Écritures: 174 Slides about Walter Käch — went live on January 23, 2026.
Lecture with Fabian Harb (Dinamo type foundry, one of the great WoT Sponsors).
The recording is available on our YouTube channel!

New events planned for 2026

Cinema & StereoType (lecture), with Aaron Levin
Jan 31, 2026 — 2 pm to 3:30 pm CET
On typography in the world of cinema.
As the cinema spread its wings and developed into a multitude of genres, lettering and type accompanied and supported this creative dawning of a new art, with their own set of genre-defining styles. Through movie posters, titles, title-cards, opening sequences, closing credits and final “The End” masterpieces, we will explore how this artform uses the letterform to perform and sometimes transform.
There is still time to get your ticket!!

Arabic Lettering (workshop), with Samar Zureik
Mar 7 + 14, 2026 — 1 pm to 4 pm CET
This workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of Arabic letter shaping and guides them in creating an original lettering piece based on a chosen keyword.

Hangeul script & its typography, Hangeul script lettering (lecture & workshop combo), with Min-Young Kim & Mingoo Yoon
Confirmed for April, but precise dates and times TBD

Japanese Writing System: History and Type Design (lecture) & Introduction to Japanese Type Design (workshop), with Yui Yoshitomi & Ikumi Honda
May 2, 2026 (lecture)
May 9, 16 & 23, 2026 (3-sessions workshop)
Tickets available soon!

Thai typography (lecture), with Boom Suksumek & Mint Tantisuwanna
Confirmed for May, but precise dates and times TBD

Thai typography (in Thai!) (lecture & workshop combo), with Boom Suksumek & Mint Tantisuwanna
Confirmed for May, but precise dates and times TBD

Devanagari script & lettering (lecture & workshop combo), with Kimya Gandhi
Confirmed for June, but precise dates and times TBD

Font Production, level 1 & 2 (lecture & workshop combo), with Rosalie Wagner
Confirmed for September, but precise dates and times TBD

More events in the making as well, including type design or lettering in Cyrillic, Armenian, Chinese Hanzi, Greek, etc.

WE NEED YOU
We always need help to get going. There are many options to contribute:
- membership if you’re an individual;
- sponsorship if you’re a type foundry;
- partnership (to sponsor our events) if you’re a company or type foundry;
- donations too!
Please reach out and/or share this to make it happen 💫

Okay, that’s all for this month.
Thanks for reading, following, supporting, everything 💖

Lisa Huang