Revolutionary Typography
AIGA Baltimore, Society of Design Arts, and Stevenson University co-hosted a two-part program with Tré Seals, founder of Vocal Type Co. With the mission of diversifying design (through type), Seals has crafted a catalog of fonts that tell the stories of various underrepresented races, ethnicities, and genders—from the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Argentina to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Tré Seals is one of those rare individuals that became what he wanted to be as a child. From kindergarten to third grade, he would bounce between drawing, religiously, and practicing writing in cursive until he could get his handwriting to look like the sample sheets. In the 5th and 6th grades, Seals started his first business. For $3, he would graffiti people’s names on index cards. In high school and college, he would design bead jewelry, Lego™ jewelry, tattoos, posters, and t-shirts. And at the age of 22, he started a passion project turned font foundry, Vocal Type.
The recordings of both the informal interview on Instagram and the longer presentation on Zoom are available below.
Click here to watch the first part of this program on Instagram.
Credits
This program was co-hosted by AIGA Baltimore, Society of Design Arts (SoDA) and Stevenson University.
Tré Seals | Presenter
Raquel Castedo | AIGA Baltimore Program Leader, Producer and Moderator
Krystal Cotriss | AIGA Baltimore Co-producer
Valerie Anderson | AIGA Baltimore Co-host
Richard Stanley | SoDA Co-host