Álvaro Franca

@naipefoundry.com

Type Director at Vasava Studio, partner at Naipe Foundry https://store.naipefoundry.com/

📣 News from JAF! “Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs” is coming back. After two years out of print, we are preparing a reprint, planned for later in 2026. Stay tuned for updates!

Tomorrow FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnes face off in the final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. It still feels surreal that I drew the wordmark of the final for Vasava Studio and UEFA, seeing my work in the official matchball is crazy.

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New UEFA Women's Champions League season kicked off tonight, which means the fonts we made for them at Vasava are finally in use! It's a serif! With Text and Display styles!

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James Mosely's series of lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered every year to students in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. These were recorded in 2020-21, and are now available for everyone to watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

James Mosley's History of Letterforms - YouTube

James Mosley’s lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication over many years. They represent ...

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