As Seen on TV! Type for Broadcast — Jen Hadley
Channel: TypeCon
Date: 2020-08-15

Recorded during TypeCon2019: “Nice” in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chyrons — those words at the bottom of your television screen. Like Velcro or Q-tips, Chyron is a brand that has been turned into a noun. Type for television has long been defined by the technology available. From hand-painted title cards to the Vidifont machine, and now into augmented reality, creating type for television is a collaboration between designers and engineers. Think of an era of television history, and I’ll bet you can picture what the font on the bottom of the screen looked like. Those design choices were made in concert with the technological tools of their day. This presentation will share the history of those tools and techniques we’ve used to put words on screens, and the evolution of an industry that exists behind the scenes worldwide.