Love Type? 15 Type Designers to Watch Out For in 2016

Love Type? 15 Type Designers to Watch Out For in 2016

Type design is one of the most demanding and rigorous disciplines in the creative world.

It requires patience, a steady hand, and a keen eye for detail. Designers devoted to it spend long hours drafting, obsessively fine tuning letterforms until they’ve reached perfection. They boast of a broad skill set formed from a variety of disciplines, like history, math, and of course, art and design.

Below, we share with you the 15 type designers responsible for some of the most beautiful typefaces in recent years. Click through to their websites and check out the rest of their amazing type portfolio — you might just find your next favorite font.

01. Alejandro Lo Celso

Latin America has given birth to some of the best type designers of recent years. Argentinian Alejandro Lo Celso is no exception. As the principal of PampaType, he’s designed some of their most exquisite types: Rayuela Display, awarded by the Type Directors Club (TDC), Amster Versal Iluminada, and Margarita.

Before starting PampaType, the first type foundry of Argentina, he studied in UK, France, and later held a teaching position in Mexico. Many of Lo Celso’s versatile typefaces bear the names of literary maestros or their work, like Perec, Borges, and Rayuela.

As a fan of Lo Celso’s work, I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on PampaType in 2016 and eagerly await any new releases. If the past holds any clues to what this year might hold for PampaType and Lo Celso, they all point towards an exciting year in Argentinian type design.

02. Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernandez, another superb Latin American type designer, is known for his masterful work, heavily influenced by the Latino identity. Craftsmanship, attention to detail, and provocative letterforms have all come to characterize his personal style.

As a student at the Universidad Mayor in Chile, Hernandez enjoyed early success, winning a prize for his sexy pixel blackletter, Stgotic. After graduating, he sought out more typeface design opportunities. It was only a matter of years before his typefaces, like Sanchez Condensed Black, became available commercially.

Today, Hernandez runs Latinotype alongside Miguel Hernandez and Luciano Vergara. Together, they’ve continuously authored high-quality typefaces that make great additions to any designer’s type collection. If you haven’t done so already, check out Mallaganes, Merced, and Ragazza.