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Mexican Culture Inspired Type Design. Xantolo Custom Project

The Memento Mori book is a hybrid of the video game and the interactive book, made by the Multimedia Center of the National Center for the Arts. The story reviews the novel by Pedro Páramo. Its illustrations are based on the engravings of José Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican artist who criticized society and incorporated elements… Continue reading Mexican Culture Inspired Type Design. Xantolo Custom Project

Vernacular type from El Salvador

“Vernacular type from El Salvador is about the visual language of a tiny country in Central America. Beyond the colorful and unusual letterforms, it’s how letters are part of our daily lives—as a way to communicate something so simple from a sign in a little store to quotes on cars, to public transportation, or misspelling… Continue reading Vernacular type from El Salvador