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Living Lines: A Review of Rui Abreu’s Lecture
On a crisp afternoon at the PS01 Auditorium of FBAUP, Rui Abreu, one of Portugal’s most celebrated type designers, delivered a captivating masterclass titled “Living Lines”. Hosted by the Communication Design Bachelor and with support from the i2ADS research unit, the session offered a deep dive into Rui’s design philosophies, his type foundry’s work, and…
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Thinking Design Through Typeface Design
Thinking about design, through typeface design, is a crucial step in the journey of any design student. At least, that’s how I see it. Mainly because it involves working with something essential in any design project: observation. Observation naturally leads to analysis, a skill that’s heavily developed in the [Lettering and] Typeface Design course. It’s…
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Living Lines Lecture with Rui Abreu
On October 30, join us for an inspiring lecture by renowned type designer Rui Abreu, a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto and founder of R-Typography. In “Living Lines,” Rui will explore his creative process behind designing typefaces and share insights from the professional type design activity he runs together with Catarina…
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Journey Eternal: exhibition field trip
Last week, the Lettering and Type Drawing students from the Communication Design bachelor at FBAUP had an unforgettable experience visiting the exhibition “Para Ser Eterno Basta Ser Um Livro — Editorial e design do livro em Portugal no século XX” [To Be Eternal, a Book is Enough – Editorial and Book Design in Portugal in…
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Hello world!
Welcome to the Letterforms course website. This website is being assembled and published (hopefully before August 2024) in order to provide students with some insight about what they will be able to do if they choose this elective course during their Communication Design bachelor at FBAUP. But additionally and hopefully the most important aspect, to…