Student: Roberta MirandaClassification: Hybrid Display Serif – Modern/Rational with Transitional & Flare-Slab InfluencesVariation Axis: Serif Shapes (and optical Size) Butique is a hybrid serif display typeface created by a student in the 2024–25 Typeface Design course at FBAUP. Developed from the Foundational Hand and drawing from Gerrit Noordzij’s stroke theory, the project introduces students to… Continue reading Butique
Tag: Transitional
Villeneuf
Student: Rita SoaresClassification: Transitional Serif with Garalde InfluencesVariation Axis: Weight (with high stroke contrast) Villeneuf is a Transitional display typeface with Garalde influences, developed by a student in the 2024–25 Typeface Design course at FBAUP. The project reinterprets the historical JVilleneuve typeface (2006) by Portuguese sculptor and typographer Manuel Pereira da Silva, blending its heritage… Continue reading Villeneuf
Unnamed
Student: Julien LimaClassification: Transitional Serif (Vox-Atypi)Variation Axis: Weight (Regular–SemiBold) Unnamed is a transitional serif typeface designed by a student in the 2024–25 Typeface Design course at FBAUP. Inspired by Minion Pro, it pays homage to late 18th-century Neoclassical serif types while aiming for balance, legibility, and editorial versatility. Conceived initially in Regular (400) and interpolated… Continue reading Unnamed
Primeira (1.ª)
Primeira (1.ª) is a font that is born from the isolation of the characteristics that dictate the identity of a [Transitional] Scotch [Roman]. Designed by Catarina Ferreira & Ricardo Figueiredo in 2023. Starting from the visit made to the library of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, which aimed to consult… Continue reading Primeira (1.ª)