The Typecraft Initiative is a project where type design and letter drawing are intended to provide visibility to the popular expression that is manifested through crafts. The Typecraft Initiative co-designs digital fonts based on craft motives and patterns from different local communities in India.… Read more.
El diseño de tipos es algo que va más allá de la mera creación de nuevas formas para abastecer un mercado cada vez más saturado de fuentes tipográficas. Como actividad especializada, puede contribuir a un diálogo más integrador en el marco de nuestra… Read more.
Tubqal Pro is a multi-script typeface based on its previous Tubqal typeface commissioned by the Khatt Foundation as part of the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib 3.0, the 3rd edition of the multi-script typographic research project of the Khatt Foundation. The goals of the Typographic Matchmaking… Read more.
With the country economically ravaged and politically repressed in the aftermath of the Civil War, the obstacles facing Spanish designers and printers in the 1940s were immense. But as Andreu Balius shows, one man found his imagination stimulated by adversity, and responded by producing a new visual… Read more.
Since its origins in antiquity, Barcelona has been open for the trade of the Mediterranean and has been a center of consumption and production. After having been chosen to host the 1992 Olympics Barcelona underwent huge qualitative improvements as well as a repositioning as one of the most interesting… Read more.
For a long time now I have been collecting the printed wrapping papers that are popular with many Spanish butchers. These are special paraffin wax papers used to wrap hamburgers, sausages, chicken, steaks, and any other sort of meat. These papers have a double function: to protect the meat on its journey… Read more.
Andreu Balius acaba de presentar Rioja, una familia tipográfica de «estructura sencilla, pero con grosor, con potencia, con sabor». Inicialmente el proyecto nació en 2006 como un encargo, pero al igual que sucede con los buenos enólogos, Balius hizo que Rioja fuera madurando… Read more.
Cuando seleccionamos una determinada fuente tipográfica para visualizar un texto en pantalla, estamos seleccionando su particular tono de voz. Read more.
La sostenibilidad no ha sido una de las prioridades de los diseñadores de tipos. Sin embargo, ahora han de comenzar a preguntarse cómo ser sostenibles en tipografía. Read more.
Escoger una determinada tipografía para aplicar a un determinado proyecto es una de las labores que acostumbra a marcar la distancia entre un diseñador gráfico y un usuario de ordenador. Decidir sobre el uso de una tipografía no es tarea fácil, pero es fundamental… Read more.
No puedo estar más de acuerdo con Ricard Huerta cuando afirma que “las letras siempre han estado en la base de la enseñanza y que deberían ser tratadas como un elemento gráfico de transmisión cultural, más allá de ser consideradas como superficies… Read more.
Joan Trochut’s SuperVeloz is back at Typerepublic to celebrate the 100th year of his birth. This collection of 12 brand new styles (all of them with extended character sets and alternative forms) is based on Joan Trochut prints. Using the set of modules from the original SuperVeloz released by Typerepublic in 2004, this collection has ready made letterforms to make it easier to set text and use them at very large sizes for expressive headlines. Read more.
At Typerepublic we are pleased to announce a new member of our catalogue: Groundbeat! This rhythmic type family revives the essence of suburbs and evokes the slowed down and breakbeat melodies from the 90s. It is a perfect match for unique display texts in urban contexts.The downtempo rhythm of… Read more.
New release of the tri-script family Tubqal Pro based on the previous Tubqal typeface commissioned by the Khatt Foundation as part of the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib 3.0.The goals of the Typographic Matchmaking projects are to nurture cultural dialogue and help develop local design skills.… Read more.
Some good news from the Republic of Type: The Typerepublic Press #1 has been just launched. This is the first issue of a collection of type specimens that will exhibit some of the typefaces designed at Typerepublic for commercial distribution. This 16-page newspaper series offers different sort of content… Read more.
Corporate multi-script type family for SEAT has been awarded a GOLD certificate at the Spanish LAUS Graphic Design Competition within the category of Alphabet design. It includes Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic, and Latin, together with an extended set of private use symbols. The process of design… Read more.
‘Cárnicas Gráficas 2’ is a reissue of the book Cárnicas Gráficas coedited in 2013 by Adicciones porquesí and Typerepublic. With a new larger page format, ‘Cárnicas Gráficas 2’ contains all the graphic material… Read more.
As a way to celebrate Bauhaus 100, we proposed a workshop were principles such as experimentation and modularity in type design had to be delivered. We understand modularity as a way to reduce complex systems into a more flexible and dynamic ones. Systems where components can be combined in different… Read more.
La marca Seat ha empezado a aplicar de forma extensiva su nueva tipografía corporativa Seat BCN, creada especialmente por Typerepublic para dicha marca. Seat BCN se puede ver ya aplicada a vallas publicitarias de grandes dimensiones, así como en aeropuertos y estaciones… Read more.
Salzburg is a very nice city located in the Tyrolian Alps, in Austria. It is internationally renowned for its baroque architecture and was the birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Andreu delivered his “Type & Soul” talk where he reflects on some aspects of his… Read more.