RoboThon 2006 Schedule

February 16 & 17 2006
The Hague, Netherlands

This is the schedule for the conference. It's a two day program with breaks and a single track. Changes in content, speakers, time schedule, updates, etc. will happen. The Talk.. links point to a talk-specific page with notes, code snippets and links to scripts.

Updated: Wed Apr 5 16:36:14 2006

Thursday February 16, 2006
9.15 - 9.45 Welcome
Intros, network settings. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
9.45 - 10.30 Editors: Python , the fab objects , FontLab , other python editors .
What are these objects? Where to write the code? RoboFab installation and documentation. Other information sources. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
break
11 - 12 Putting it together 1: Font & Info
Working with Font , Info objects. Getting an object for the current font. Things such a font object can do. Names and values in the Info object. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
12 - 13 Lunch at the academy
13 - 13.45 Putting it together 2: Glyph, Contour & Pen
Working with Glyph , Contour , Pen objects. Deep in the font live the glyphs. Inside the glyphs are contours, components. Inside a contour are segments and points! That sounds complicated, pens to the rescue. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
13.45 - 14.30 Putting it together 3: Kerning, building Glyphs
Kerning , Manipulation of kern data and metrics. Glyph building with anchors, components, accents. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
break
15 - 15.45 Scripting for interpolation
Preparation, interpolation, managing, testing. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
15.45 - 16.30 FontLab
Adam Twardoch, FontLab Inc.
16.30 - 17.00 Type]Media
Some examples of scripting at Type]Media.
19.00 - 21.00 Food and drinks at Buro Petr van Blokland, Delft. How to get there. Tram 1.
Friday February 17, 2006
9 - 9.45 FontQA
A python and FontLab module for testing.
Link to FontQA site.
Eigi Eigendorf, e-font.de and FontShop International
9.45 - 10.30 Scripting for production
Naming, merging, splitting, hints, generating, etc. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
break
11 - 12 Adventures in NoneLab, scripting outside the box
Working with text sources UFO , and GLIF's. Fontlab export and import of UFO. Processing UFO's outside FontLab. Talk..
Erik, Tal or Paul
12 - 13 Lunch at the academy
13 - 13.45 The OpenType FDK
Overview of the new FDK , what's new and different, examples, font QA issues, Q & A.
Read Roberts, Adobe Inc.
13.45 - 14.30 DialogKit
DialogKit is a toolkit for adding interfaces to your scripts FontLab. Users of W will be right at home.
Tal
break
15 - 16.00 Q & A
Depending on when the GN event starts, this session can be for different purposes. Discussion. Script clinic.
Gerrit Noordzij Award and opening of the Spiekermann exhibition. KABK Exhibition space, near entrance. Dinner for registered Robothon folks.
Dinner for registered Robothon folks. Bring your Robothon badge for acces! . Juffrouw Idastraat 2. Directions will follow.