Speaker Octavio Pardo-Virto

Octavio Pardo-Virto is a graphic designer specializing in type design. In 2010, Pardo-Virto graduated with a master’s in type design from the University of Reading. Since then, Pardo-Virto has collaborated with design studios and foundries like Tobias Frere-Jones, Jean François Porchez, Type-Together, Leftloft, and Sharp Type. Pardo-Virto has been a consultant for Google Fonts. Pardo-Virto is currently pursuing a PhD in legibility for visually impaired people at the Royal Danish Academy of Copenhagen.