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Character Development

Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:30 - 8:30pm

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As part of the Herb Lubalin Lecture Series, Dan Vaughan speaks about the history of Japanese film subtitle lettering, and how technology, the times, and Hideo Sato shaped what would become the contemporary 'cinema moji' style.

Registration is required for the free online lecture here.

Dan Vaughan is a designer and sometimes writer from Australia working in Tokyo, looking at things closely and living slowly.

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Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.