In 1909, F.T. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto” launched the century’s most provocative and cross-disciplinary artistic movement. This panel looks look at the rise and evolution of one of its elements, typography, in China, from a historical and contemporary perspective. Pan Jian Feng, one of China’s foremost typeface creators, Ou Ning, curator, artist and editor and historian Lynn Pan offer insight into the structure and creative process behind this extraordinary visual language that is so central to books and literature.  Performa’s Defne Ayas moderates.