Nova Egmont

Nova Egmont is a modern serif font revival designed by Francisca Lopes, Miguel Moreira, and Pedro Correia in 2020, based on the original Egmont typeface designed Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos in 1930. The biggest challenge of this exercise was to perform a significant “customization” of the font without distorting the original reference. Initially, manual and… Continue reading Nova Egmont

Aferis

Aferis specimen, taken from the project final presentation

The Aferis variable font consists of a multi-weight serif typeface, whose name is a playful anagram from “Serif”. It presents an Experimental axis in defiance of the “Type for text” briefing. Designed by Ana Margarida Calçada, David Rocha and Miguel Machado in 2020. The first three masters in the weight axis are intended for small… Continue reading Aferis

Maenad

Final Maenad specimen posters

Maenad was one of the typeface projects developed during the 2020 semester. Designed and developed as a variable font by Ana Silva, Eva Halfers, and Teresa Zagalo. ”Maenad” is a revival serif transitional text typeface based on Windsor and Americana typefaces. The concept was bringing the display feeling of the Windsor within the Americana. So… Continue reading Maenad