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Call for the Open Forum of Letrastica 5

We invite you to participate in the next Letrastica Festival 5. Send your proposal before September 22th, 2025! 

Letrástica and Type Electives want to hear your voice. Our call for the Open Forum is now open! 

1. Call for submissions 

We are calling for professionals, researchers, professors, students, graduates, designers and graphic artists related to the design of the letters to participate IN PERSON presenting topics with focus on type, calligraphy, sign painting, editorial design, grapholects, letters, font software, writing techniques, printing and letterpress to share, promote and publicize issues related to the field within the activities of Letrastica Festival 5. 

2. Topic

 The presentations can be theoretical or technical on topics of information, research, didactic, innovation, historical or social, in the areas of typography, calligraphy and sign painting, printing, editorial design and various media and systems with focus on letters, as well as plastic or artistic, exposing the qualities, meanings and processes that provide necessary and relevant information in the area chosen for the sign painting, lettering, typography or calligraphy. 

3. Characteristics of the presentations 

The maximum length of the presentation is 20 minutes. The content of the presentation must be unpublished and with an appropriate critical framework, respecting the authorship of extracts of information, images and other elements that hold intellectual property rights. All the information contained in the exhibition is the responsibility of the speaker. Letrastica festival with its organization committee and staff are not responsible for errors, breaches or omissions in regards to copyright and for this speaker should be accountable with proper penalties. The presentation must be created in .pdf extension for its projection and the speaker must bring in a USB insertion memory, also, once approved, the PDF must be sent in by October 22nd, 2024

4. Submission of proposals 

Presentation proposals will be admitted from August 19th to September 22nd, 2022, through this Submission Web Form, it will request the following information: 

  • Full name 
  • Pronouns 
  • Speaker’s photo 
  • Contact info (email, phone number in case of emergency) 
  • Talk language 
  • Theme/title of the talk 
  • Keywords 
  • Summary of the talk 
  • Reference or support images 
  • Extra information 

The submissions will be considered as complete if they are sent in in the timeframe set, with the complete information, then they will be submitted to reading and evaluation by a jury assigned by the organizing committee. 

5. Acceptance of presentations 

Approval results will be sent between September 24th to the 27th, 2024 via email. And we will require a CONFIRMATION EMAIL, no later than October 3rd, 2024 to confirm your participation, if failing to confirm, we will cancel the selection and go with the next person. A specific day and time will be assigned for your presentation within the framework of festival activities which must be attended and respected punctually by the speaker while taking into consideration that the festival staff team is committed to having the tools and equipment necessary in time and form required. This schedule will be communicated at least one week prior to the event. The presentations will be held in a space of 20 minutes in the conference or chat room areas assigned by the festival organization, which will provide a laptop, projector and projection area, speakers, microphones and necessary material for the correct presentation. These presentations will be exclusive to all attendees registered at the festival and wearing an accreditation badge. *In this edition of the festival, the curatorship and organization will be a collaboration between Letrástica and Type Electives. 

6. Rights and obligations 

Travel expenses for the speaker, as well as accommodation and food are entirely up to them. You will be granted a PERSONAL and INDIVIDUAL access pass for the Open Forum, Conferences, and the rest of the activities within the Festival. Letrastica festival including its organization committee and qualified jury reserves the unappealable right of admission, screening, presentation and use of the material collected and shared if it does not meet the requirements of virtuosity, respect, originality and sincerity within the given values. The speaker will receive a certificate / acknowledgment of the presentation with curricular value and will have an accreditation that will grant him / her access to the rest of the activities within the program of the Festival. 

* This open call is subject to minor changes and participants will be notified. Guadalajara, Jalisco - August 2024 

Send us your comments or questions at foro@letrastica.com