Periódico

Eduardo Manso

'Periódico' (Newspaper in spanish), was originally commissioned by the spanish daily newspaper 'ABC'. Inspired by old spanish typographic engravings, mostly from the second half of the XVIII century, we picked out the most relevant details of 'spanish typography' as the source of that inspiration, and instead of making a revival or an interpretation of these models, we started from scratch to create a truly original font family.

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    Eduardo Manso, Spain (2010)

    Eduardo Manso is an argentinean type designer living in Barcelona since 2000. Before setting up his own foundry he had already published a number of fonts through T-26, ITC Fonts...

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    'Periódico' (Newspaper in spanish), was originally commissioned by the spanish daily newspaper 'ABC'. Inspired by old spanish typographic engravings, mostly from the second half of the XVIII century, we picked out the most relevant details of 'spanish typography' as the source of that inspiration, and instead of making a revival or an interpretation of these models, we started from scratch to create a truly original font family.

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    Eduardo Manso, Spain (2010)

    Eduardo Manso is an argentinean type designer living in Barcelona since 2000. Before setting up his own foundry he had already published a number of fonts through T-26, ITC Fonts, Bitstream and Linotype. He has designed custom typefaces for clients worldwide, such as Puma, The Sunday Times of London, the Munich Airport or the Gaudí house 'La Pedrera' (the stone quarry) in Barcelona. Among other awards, he has received the 'Certificate of Excellence in Type Design' from the Type Directors Club of New York in three times (2004, 2006 and 2007). He currently gives typography classes at a number of schools in Barcelona and designs new typefaces.

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