La última incorporación a nuestra tipoteca es una tipografía concebida y desarrollada en México que se adentra en un estilo poco explorado en el diseño tipográfico contemporáneo. Con una mirada tanto histórica como innovadora, Gorgias busca revitalizar la tradición gótica mediante una interpretación sofisticada y funcional que, hecha con gran pasión por el detalle, resulta en una versión renovada y versátil del estilo Fraktur, y a su vez en una de las propuestas más completas del género en el panorama tipográfico actual. Este artículo recorre los fundamentos y motivaciones en el proceso de diseño de Gorgias, explora sus aspectos formales y funcionales y resalta su potencial para enriquecer proyectos con una estética visual evocadora y dinámica.  Leer

This detectivesque chronicle written by journalist Feike de Jong reopened the chests of the mysterious case of an early 17th century punch cutter from The Netherlands named Nicolaes Briot. Originally published by the Czech magazine TYPO, in their issue of Spring 2011, the editors have kindly allowed us to reproduce it here. Stay tuned, the second part of this story is under editing. (The Briot project is part of a wider revival program on historical sources carried out by PampaType since 2004. In the case of Briot, it has been so far the result of a collaboration between John Lane and Alejandro Lo Celso.)  Leer

This short article touches on the issue of typeface revivalism. It describes the early enthusiasm of recovering type classics in the beginning of 20th century; then it states a revival case study under its multiple attempts; and finally discusses some polemic matters around the subject. This text was part of the output as a student of the MA in Typeface Design, at the University of Reading, in May 2000. The good parts shall be credited to my tutor at the time, Dr. Christopher Burke. On the contrary all the mistakes are mine. In further texts we shall come back to this extremely important subject.  Leer

I wrote this essay in 2000 when I was a student at the MA in Type Design at the University of Reading. I intended to explore the history and development of multi-style type families across the 20th century. Nowadays the idea of 'series' is much present in current type industry, almost every new family comes in different styles. Fluid digital technology on one side, the constant push of the font industry on the other, have all made type design to challenge traditional classification approaches. In that sense I think this text has still some contribution to make.  Leer