Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía—Project Presentations
The HMCT Typographer-in-Residence program hosts designers, artists, and educators who are investigating new ideas through their professional practice or personal research. Their work reinforces the importance and relevance of typography and language in visual communication. For 2021, HMCT invited five internationally-based Hispanic designers, typographers, and researchers to participate in Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía and explore diverse areas of interest.
Marina Garone (México) — Researcher & Historian
Jimena Gamio (Peru/Los Angeles) — Lettering, Sign Painting, Typography
Laura Meseguer (Spain) — Lettering & Type Design
Sandra García (Colombia) & Dafne Martínez (México) — Calligraphy & Type Design
In this presentation, all five participants addressed the results of their residency on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. The event was moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT).
Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía—In Conversation with Sandra García & Dafne Martínez (Tipastype)
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The HMCT Typographer-in-Residence program hosts designers, artists, and educators who are investigating new ideas through their professional practice or personal research. Their work reinforces the importance and relevance of typography and language in visual communication. For 2021, HMCT invited five internationally-based Hispanic designers, typographers, and researchers to participate in Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía and explore diverse areas of interest.
Sandra García (Colombia) & Dafne Martínez (México)
Calligraphy & Type Design
Research Topic: Learning to read and typeface design
In this presentation, Sandra García and Dafne Martínez from Tipastype, a typographic design studio that develops custom type, editorial, and brand design projects, share their backgrounds, and present their research topic. After conducting a field study of educational books created by the Ministry of Education in Mexico for children between the ages of 5 to 7, García and Martínez researched typographic principles that would help children learn to read. Based on their findings, they are designing a typeface to facilitate the learning process.
This presentation was moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT).
Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía—In Conversation with Laura Meseguer
The HMCT Typographer-in-Residence program hosts designers, artists, and educators who are investigating new ideas through their professional practice or personal research. Their work reinforces the importance and relevance of typography and language in visual communication. For 2021, HMCT invited five internationally-based Hispanic designers, typographers, and researchers to participate in Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía and explore diverse areas of interest.
Laura Meseguer (Spain)
Lettering & Type Design
Research Topic: Deepening the design of stencil types from the calligraphic model, as a fusion between both disciplines
In this presentation, Laura Meseguer, a freelance graphic and type designer based in Barcelona, shares her background and presents her research topic. She introduces a morphological typeface design study based upon the calligraphy of Oriol Miró who developed models of humanist calligraphy, roman and italic, using different broad nib pens (1.5, 2.5, and 4), with the idea that they would serve to develop a typeface family of three styles: regular, italic and bold while maintaining the manual spirit.
This presentation was moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT).
Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía—In Conversation with Jimena Gamio
The HMCT Typographer-in-Residence program hosts designers, artists, and educators who are investigating new ideas through their professional practice or personal research. Their work reinforces the importance and relevance of typography and language in visual communication. For 2021, HMCT invited five internationally-based Hispanic designers, typographers, and researchers to participate in Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía and explore diverse areas of interest.
Jimena Gamio (Peru / Los Angeles)
Lettering, Sign Painting & Typography
Research Topic: Quechua, The people’s speech
In this presentation, Jimena Gamio shares her background and presents her research topic about Quechua, one of the world’s primary language families spoken in the Andean region of South America by almost 10 million people. It is Peru’s second most spoken language. Gamio will research the remaining influence of Quechua in Peruvian Spanish, specifically to the Ribereño dialect.
This presentation was moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT).
Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía—In Conversation with Marina Garone
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The HMCT Typographer-in-Residence program hosts designers, artists, and educators who are investigating new ideas through their professional practice or personal research. Their work reinforces the importance and relevance of typography and language in visual communication. For 2021, HMCT invited five internationally-based Hispanic designers, typographers, and researchers to participate in Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía and explore diverse areas of interest.
Marina Garone (México)
Researcher & Historian
Research Topic: Carolina Amor de Fournier, pioneer in teaching the history of books and typography in Mexico
In this presentation, Marina Garone shares her background and presents her research topic that examines Carolina Amor de Fournier’s pioneering role in teaching the history of books and typography in Mexico, and the recognition of women in the world of print culture. Based on preserved documentation, including interviews and articles, Garone will produce a biographical essay on this pioneer in the studies of Mexican history and typography.
This presentation was moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT).