Tag: Pedro Amado

Paris ’37

A type revival: the interpretation and adaptation of a historical typographic model for a contemporary context. The work involved historical research, formal analysis, type drawing and the development of a variable digital font, presented in a specimen booklet.

The revival of Tia Lira

Technological advances in type design have contributed to the growth of type revivals — the practice of updating and reinterpreting typefaces from the past. In this context, the work of Manuel Pereira da Silva, a Portuguese designer, typographer and researcher,…

R.I.P. (Rest in Pixel)

R.I.P. (Rest in Pixel) is a typeface designed for the Type Design course, whose drawing starts from the idea of visual degradation caused by progressively lowering pixel resolution, in four distinct weights that trace this gradual transformation.

Bruta

Bruta revives Blockschrift, a German grotesque released in 1897 by the Genzsch & Heyse foundry, marked by monolinear strokes and low contrast. From this reference, the project introduces an authorial component tied to the materiality of concrete, cement and raw…

Yves Typeface

Yves is a variable serif typeface developed collaboratively in the Type Design course, with the aim of creating a contemporary digital font that preserves the visual identity of its historical source while meeting today’s editorial standards of legibility and versatility.

Backstage

Backstage is a serif typeface in the Garalde tradition, developed from the observation and reinterpretation of Garamond. While it keeps the legibility, proportion and elegance associated with Renaissance models, its design introduces a more vertical structure, more defined serifs and…

Jeanne

Jeanne is a variable serif typeface inspired by the transition from the humanist forms of the seventeenth century to the rationalism of the eighteenth. The double-sided type specimen presents one variant on each side: Jeanne Book and Jeanne Slant.