Calligrapher Grendl Löfkvist demonstrates her own calligraphic hand, Unrepentent Uncial, later reproduced as a typeface. Ask her about it!
Grendl Löfkvist is the Director of Type West, Letterform Archive’s postgraduate certificate program in type design. She is also an instructor at City College of San Francisco and has taught calligraphy at a handful of Bay Area institutions including the San Francisco Center for the Book, Stanford University and Pixar. Grendl has ink in her veins; she was an offset press operator for 13 years at the politically progressive Inkworks Press Collective in Berkeley and she serves on the Board of the American Printing History Association’s NorCal chapter. She’s always on the lookout for macabre print, type and lettering lore.
This program is part of KALLIGRAPHIA 2025, the triennial exhibition by Friends of Calligraphy, in association with Book Arts & Special Collections. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Friends of Calligraphy.
Connect: Grendl Löfkvist - Instagram
This program is part of KALLIGRAPHIA 2025, the triennial exhibition by Friends of Calligraphy, in association with Book Arts & Special Collections. This year's exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Friends of Calligraphy.
Image: Calligraphy by Grendl Löfkvist
LOCATION:Main Library - Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A CLASS:PUBLIC TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT1440M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Event Reminder - Presentation: Unrepentent Uncial END:VALARM END:VCALENDAR