Alejandro Lo Celso

Español. Aquí el primer capítulo del libro Tipografía en Latinoamérica, editado por Cecilia Consolo para Blucher, San Pablo 2012. Una pincelada en el aire de la evolución de las formas tipográficas en Europa desde Nicolás Jenson hasta la era digital. Se busca hacer hincapié en la anatomía de los tipos, un aspecto a veces un poco desenfocado en los estudios de historia de la tipografía. Y, dada la extensión de tiempo, naturalmente se busca ser más ameno que pormenorizado.

A critical approach to serial typefaces also known as 'multi style' families. I wrote this short essay when I was a student at the MA in Typeface Design, University of Reading (UK), in 2000. I must deeply thank my tutor, Dr. Christopher Burke, and credit him for his assistance in shedding some light on this topic. From 2000 until today some excellent serial typefaces have been created, and so this text is unjustly lacking some good examples. I apologize for that, as well as for some concepts that may be a little bit outdated today, but also believe that this may be a good stimulus for other designers or authors to conduct more profound research on the matter. I must also thank Mark Jamra for his interest in publishing this as well as his many language suggestions.

This was my final dissertation for the MA in typeface design at the University of Reading (UK). The paper deals with several aspects of rhythm construction in type designing, sometimes as associated to concepts coming from other disciplines. It may be useful for type designers looking for insights rather than technical information. (Note: Bear in mind this was written in 2000, the type scene has changed much since then, although most issues raised in this paper should remain perennial after all.)

This was one of the short essays I wrote as a student of the MA typeface design at Reading University, back in 1999. Please forgive orthography and grammar, my English was even worse than it is today. I think this piece was significant to me as to define my interest in the history of printing types, in particular type revivals, a subject I find fascinating as it is in the deep root of the evolution of the trade.