The discourses of a typeface design project

Main Article Content

María Pérez Mena

Human being is intrinsically creative. His/her capacity of creating new realities from other ones is an intellectual and highly complex activity. Because of that, designer needs to understand mental mechanisms of creation as well as the essence of what it is intended to design. Understanding typography as visual culture, and related to what that being said, this article aims to define typography as an interdisciplinary network. We also will analize creative process from the look directed by the project with the purpose of identify those basic elements that may help to strengthen not arbitrary but controlled decisions.

Keywords
Design methodology, design, typeface design, creativity

Article Details

How to Cite
Pérez Mena, María. “The discourses of a typeface design project”. Grafica, vol.VOL 5, no. 9, pp. 09-17, https://raco.cat/index.php/Grafica/article/view/318578.
Author Biography

María Pérez Mena, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU

Investigadora pre-doctoral adscrita al Departamento de Dibujo de la Facultad de Bellas Artes. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación en Diseño Gráfico y Tipografía —Letraz—