GENERAL INFORMATION

Emtype is a small foundry locate in Barcelona. The "Emtype philosophy” is to produce original types of high quality, as much for display as for text use

 

ABOUT DESIGNER

Eduardo Manso. Argentina, 1972. He has been living in Barcelona since 2000. He studied Graphic Design at the 'Martín Malharro School of Visual Arts' in Mar del Plata and completed a Design Postgraduate qualification in Visual Communication at the 'National University of Mar del Plata'.
He has design and published a number of fonts through [T-26], ITC Fonts , Bitstream and Linotype. Among other awards, his Bohemia type won first prize in the text category of the International 'International Type Design Contest 2003' organised by Linotype. He received a “Certificate of Excellence in Type Design” from the Type Directors Club of New York in three times: in 2004 for Argot (Bohemia), in 2006 for Relato Sans and in 2007 for Lorena Serif. 
He currently gives typography classes at a number of schools in Barcelona and works as a freelance graphic designer. He combines this work with designing new typographies.