Tipos Latinos 2014

Jury selections from Tipos Latinos’ Sixth Biennial Conference on Latin American Typography held in Valparaiso, Chile, 11–13 March 2014.

Noah Nazir

Last edited August 31, 2018

Tipos Latinos is an international Latin American design organization dedicated to the furthering of typographic development in its 13 participating countries (and among all other individuals who take part). It holds an event every other year providing space for discussions and workshops, and a juried selection of typefaces from its members. Those shown here are the selections that FontShop currently carries. For the complete list, see the Tipos Latinos 2014 results listing.

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

Marconi Lima’s Petala Pro is marked by subtle increases in weight at its extreme ends, clearly reserving its Regular and Italic for the heavy lifting in text. The fine graduations allow the typographer to precisely dial up the density in display settings. Nine complete weights.

Tablet Gothic from Veronika Burian and José Scaglione of TypeTogether makes brilliant harmony of two disparate grotesque models in a healthy number of widths and weights. First created for setting titles in periodicals, the project grew to handle text setting quite well, with a comfortably loose fit in the regular weights. The overall tone stays friendly throughout, helped by the face’s active,... Read More

Wishes Script is the best way to express your greetings! All you want to say is more gorgeous when using this pretty font, since it beautifies every message. Programed with Open Type, Wishes offers the designer a complete range of possibilities: frames, ribbons, hearts, flowers, ornaments, swashes, endings, ligatures and all the alternates you need to make a wonderful work. With delicate and... Read More

You may ask yourself as you learn that this typeface is based on 17th century calligraphy manuals, ‘Who actually wrote like this, and for what purpose?’ Far from everyday penmanship, writing masters used such hands for court documents, and other applications commonly adapted to engraving plates. Auberge Script was recognized as an official selection in Read More