Author: Pedro Amado
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Masterclass with Luís Bandovas
Masterclass with Luís Bandovas (Satori Type Foundry)From Sketch to System: The Workflow Between Graphic and Type Design. April 7, 11:30 AM — Auditorium PS01, FBAUP In this talk, Luís will share a bit of his working method and how graphic design influences and often serves as inspiration for the creation of new typefaces. It stems…
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Kathow Sans
Kathow Sans is a geometric sans-serif typeface, designed by Filipa Moreira, João Cardoso, and Pedro Gil in 2024. Kathow Sans began as a revival project inspired by Manuel Pereira da Silva’s “Tia Lira,” but evolved into a distinctly original typeface influenced by classic geometric sans-serifs such as Adrian Frutiger’s Avenir and Journal Sans New from…
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ManuEla
ManuEla is a modern sans-serif typeface, designed by Aurélia Ferreira, Maria Carlos, and Melissa Gaviria in 2024. ManuEla is more than a typeface—it’s a love letter. Named in tribute to Manuela, the wife of the late Portuguese typographer Manuel Pereira da Silva, the typeface honors her unseen but vital role in preserving Silva’s typographic legacy.…
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Tia Viola
Tia Viola is a geometric sans serif typeface, designed by Christine Andres, Mafalda Ribeiro, and Sofia Silva in 2024. Tia Viola is a revival of Tia Lira (Bold), a typeface designed in 2004 by Portuguese sculptor and designer Manuel Pereira da Silva. With roots in geometric structure and typographic modernism, the original Tia Lira Bold…
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Fritura
Fritura is a geometric sans serif typeface, designed by Ana Leite, Daniel Sousa, and Rita Vieira in 2024. Fritura is a playful reinterpretation of two influential typefaces: Futura by Paul Renner (1927) and Tia Lira by Manuel Pereira da Silva (2004). It merges the clean, rational forms of Futura with the expressive, localized charm of…
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Tia Déco
Tia Déco is a geometric sans serif typeface with strong Art Deco influences, designed by Alexandra Aidos, Fátima Ribeiro, and Francisca Paixão in 2024. Tia Déco is a modern reinterpretation of Tia Lira, an experimental geometric typeface originally designed by Manuel Pereira da Silva in 2003. Drawing inspiration from the visual language of the Art…
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Friedlander Neue
Friedlander Neue is a Transitional Roman typeface, designed by Eunice Bastos, Francisca Rebelo, and Rita Melo in 2024. Friedlander Neue is a revival and reinterpretation of Elizabeth Antiqua, a typeface originally commissioned in 1927 by the Bauer Type Foundry and completed in 1939 by one of the first recognized women in type design — Elizabeth…
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Prova
Prova is a geometric sans serif typeface, designed by Bruna Valoura, Bruno Barros, Cristiana Braz, and Inês Loureiro in 2024. Prova is a revival of Tia Lira, one of the “first geometric typeface developed in Portugal” [please take this information with a slight grain of salt — see more infor about its origin in his…
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Liranela
Liranela is a “Hibrid” Sans serif and script(ty) typeface revival, designed by in 2024 by Bernardo Xavier, João Janeiro, José Pelaio and Pedro Oliveira. A “TIALIRA” FOI FEITA APENAS PARA CURTAS FRASES, DE SIMPLICIDADE SÓ APARENTE E TEM QUASE NADA A VER COM LETRA DE VERDADE. Liranela is a revival of TiaLira, a typeface originally…
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2025 Display Type Explorations
A Typographic Showcase from the first assignment of the 2025 edition of the Masters’ in Graphic Design & Editorial Projects Type Design course. In the first major assignment of the Typeface Design course, students are challenged to design a display typeface beginning with a test word — typically “Raphesion123” — and develop a Variable Font…