Álvaro Franca
@naipefoundry.com
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Álvaro Franca
@naipefoundry.com
· Jun 4
Essa fonte é feita pra UI — ou seja, pra interface de usuário mesmo, aquelas letras que você vê em apps, sites, botões, campos de texto, etc 📱💻
A gente queria algo que fosse preciso e legível, mas com o calor humano e a vibe acolhedora que a gente ama na cultura mineira 💛
A gente queria algo que fosse preciso e legível, mas com o calor humano e a vibe acolhedora que a gente ama na cultura mineira 💛
I love designing fonts!!!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I love designing fonts!!!!!!
So pretty, too!
Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
So pretty, too!
New UEFA Women's Champions League season kicked off tonight, which means the fonts we made for them at Vasava are finally in use!
It's a serif! With Text and Display styles!
It's a serif! With Text and Display styles!
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New UEFA Women's Champions League season kicked off tonight, which means the fonts we made for them at Vasava are finally in use!
It's a serif! With Text and Display styles!
It's a serif! With Text and Display styles!
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James Mosely's series of lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered every year to students in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. These were recorded in 2020-21, and are now available for everyone to watch:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
James Mosley's History of Letterforms - YouTube
James Mosley’s lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication over many years. They represent ...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
James Mosely's series of lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered every year to students in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. These were recorded in 2020-21, and are now available for everyone to watch:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tomando um cafézinho e assistindo a @takemeout.bsky.social no DiaTipo Belém www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-l...
🎉 すごい 🎉
🎉 すごい 🎉
DIATIPO BELÉM 2025 - PAULA CRUZ
YouTube video by DiaTipo
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September 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Tomando um cafézinho e assistindo a @takemeout.bsky.social no DiaTipo Belém www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-l...
🎉 すごい 🎉
🎉 すごい 🎉
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In TWO weeks!
It's our 2-sessions workshop with Maria Doreuli ( @contrastfoundry.bsky.social ) and @kristaradoeva.bsky.social
who will teach you the fundamentals of type design with cyrillic script!!
There are still a few spots left!
Tickets and info at wordsoftype.com
It's our 2-sessions workshop with Maria Doreuli ( @contrastfoundry.bsky.social ) and @kristaradoeva.bsky.social
who will teach you the fundamentals of type design with cyrillic script!!
There are still a few spots left!
Tickets and info at wordsoftype.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In TWO weeks!
It's our 2-sessions workshop with Maria Doreuli ( @contrastfoundry.bsky.social ) and @kristaradoeva.bsky.social
who will teach you the fundamentals of type design with cyrillic script!!
There are still a few spots left!
Tickets and info at wordsoftype.com
It's our 2-sessions workshop with Maria Doreuli ( @contrastfoundry.bsky.social ) and @kristaradoeva.bsky.social
who will teach you the fundamentals of type design with cyrillic script!!
There are still a few spots left!
Tickets and info at wordsoftype.com
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é aquela piada todo dia
EUA: descobrimos q tylenol causa autismo!!!
China: construímos um aerogerador suspenso no ar do zero 💅
EUA: descobrimos q tylenol causa autismo!!!
China: construímos um aerogerador suspenso no ar do zero 💅
China's home-designed megawatt-scale commercial buoyant airborne turbine, the S1500, has successfully completed its maiden flight in northwest China's Hami after passing tests including full desert assembly and continuous high-wind deployment and retrieval.
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
é aquela piada todo dia
EUA: descobrimos q tylenol causa autismo!!!
China: construímos um aerogerador suspenso no ar do zero 💅
EUA: descobrimos q tylenol causa autismo!!!
China: construímos um aerogerador suspenso no ar do zero 💅
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
Gladly made my annual gift to @archive.org, a service that costs nothing to use, runs no ads, and yet I depend on daily. (E.g., digitized texts are an essential source for library.typographica.org/specimen-boo... and @fontsinuse.com.)
Donate now to keep it free and open to all: archive.org/donate
Donate now to keep it free and open to all: archive.org/donate
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gladly made my annual gift to @archive.org, a service that costs nothing to use, runs no ads, and yet I depend on daily. (E.g., digitized texts are an essential source for library.typographica.org/specimen-boo... and @fontsinuse.com.)
Donate now to keep it free and open to all: archive.org/donate
Donate now to keep it free and open to all: archive.org/donate
Eu e minha irmã em 2007 / Eu e minha irmã em 2019
Rambla del Raval, Barcelona 08001
Rambla del Raval, Barcelona 08001
August 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Eu e minha irmã em 2007 / Eu e minha irmã em 2019
Rambla del Raval, Barcelona 08001
Rambla del Raval, Barcelona 08001
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JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!
This, actually works. For me at least.
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
August 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!
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🌟 RT AMIGO 🌟
Compartilhem p chegar mais longe possível!
O aulão de Subverter o Design tem 15 vagas para bolsas sociais, focadas em pessoas negras, indígenas, LGBTQIA+, com algum tipo de deficiência e/ou em situação de vulnerabilidade sócio-financeira
Inscrições aqui
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Compartilhem p chegar mais longe possível!
O aulão de Subverter o Design tem 15 vagas para bolsas sociais, focadas em pessoas negras, indígenas, LGBTQIA+, com algum tipo de deficiência e/ou em situação de vulnerabilidade sócio-financeira
Inscrições aqui
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August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🌟 RT AMIGO 🌟
Compartilhem p chegar mais longe possível!
O aulão de Subverter o Design tem 15 vagas para bolsas sociais, focadas em pessoas negras, indígenas, LGBTQIA+, com algum tipo de deficiência e/ou em situação de vulnerabilidade sócio-financeira
Inscrições aqui
docs.google.com/forms/d/1uF3...
Compartilhem p chegar mais longe possível!
O aulão de Subverter o Design tem 15 vagas para bolsas sociais, focadas em pessoas negras, indígenas, LGBTQIA+, com algum tipo de deficiência e/ou em situação de vulnerabilidade sócio-financeira
Inscrições aqui
docs.google.com/forms/d/1uF3...
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
After nearly 5 years of using the same photos from my Domestika course shoot, it was time for an update.
A few extra kilos, grey hairs, and tattoos later... I’m finally done catfishing you all 😅
Big thanks to Débora Rodríguez for the fresh portraits!
Check her work: www.instagram.com/deborarodam/
A few extra kilos, grey hairs, and tattoos later... I’m finally done catfishing you all 😅
Big thanks to Débora Rodríguez for the fresh portraits!
Check her work: www.instagram.com/deborarodam/
July 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
After nearly 5 years of using the same photos from my Domestika course shoot, it was time for an update.
A few extra kilos, grey hairs, and tattoos later... I’m finally done catfishing you all 😅
Big thanks to Débora Rodríguez for the fresh portraits!
Check her work: www.instagram.com/deborarodam/
A few extra kilos, grey hairs, and tattoos later... I’m finally done catfishing you all 😅
Big thanks to Débora Rodríguez for the fresh portraits!
Check her work: www.instagram.com/deborarodam/
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
Visual development art by Lou Romano for The Incredibles (2004), dir. Brad Bird, Pixar
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Visual development art by Lou Romano for The Incredibles (2004), dir. Brad Bird, Pixar
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time to delete my WeTransfer account!
July 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
time to delete my WeTransfer account!
Our latest font, Uai, was just featured in Print Magazine!
Read about how we collaborated with over 100 UI designers to build something truly useful for digital interfaces while keeping a the friendly character of Brazil's most beloved state: Minas Gerais.
www.printmag.com/type-tuesday...
Read about how we collaborated with over 100 UI designers to build something truly useful for digital interfaces while keeping a the friendly character of Brazil's most beloved state: Minas Gerais.
www.printmag.com/type-tuesday...
Uai Is a Humanist Sans Serif Designed for Digital Environments – PRINT Magazine
Naipe Foundry, an independent Brazilian type design studio, developed Uai in collaboration with over 100 UI designers.
www.printmag.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Our latest font, Uai, was just featured in Print Magazine!
Read about how we collaborated with over 100 UI designers to build something truly useful for digital interfaces while keeping a the friendly character of Brazil's most beloved state: Minas Gerais.
www.printmag.com/type-tuesday...
Read about how we collaborated with over 100 UI designers to build something truly useful for digital interfaces while keeping a the friendly character of Brazil's most beloved state: Minas Gerais.
www.printmag.com/type-tuesday...
Pessoal, vamos fazer uma palestra online pro Friends of Figma contando tudo sobre o processo da nossa fonte Uai.
Essa sexta às 12h, totalmente grátis mas tem que se inscrever abaixo:
friends.figma.com/events/detai...
Essa sexta às 12h, totalmente grátis mas tem que se inscrever abaixo:
friends.figma.com/events/detai...
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pessoal, vamos fazer uma palestra online pro Friends of Figma contando tudo sobre o processo da nossa fonte Uai.
Essa sexta às 12h, totalmente grátis mas tem que se inscrever abaixo:
friends.figma.com/events/detai...
Essa sexta às 12h, totalmente grátis mas tem que se inscrever abaixo:
friends.figma.com/events/detai...
Proibido falar mal do Martinelli sujeito a paulada
July 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Proibido falar mal do Martinelli sujeito a paulada
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WorldUFODay
Flying Dragon Firework Co, UFO label, 1920
archived @elizabethgoodspeed
#PeoplesGDArchive
"Fireworks were first developed in China c. 600–1200 to accompany festivals, expel evil spirits, + bring about luck…by late 19th c, they were shipped from China worldwide."
Flying Dragon Firework Co, UFO label, 1920
archived @elizabethgoodspeed
#PeoplesGDArchive
"Fireworks were first developed in China c. 600–1200 to accompany festivals, expel evil spirits, + bring about luck…by late 19th c, they were shipped from China worldwide."
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
WorldUFODay
Flying Dragon Firework Co, UFO label, 1920
archived @elizabethgoodspeed
#PeoplesGDArchive
"Fireworks were first developed in China c. 600–1200 to accompany festivals, expel evil spirits, + bring about luck…by late 19th c, they were shipped from China worldwide."
Flying Dragon Firework Co, UFO label, 1920
archived @elizabethgoodspeed
#PeoplesGDArchive
"Fireworks were first developed in China c. 600–1200 to accompany festivals, expel evil spirits, + bring about luck…by late 19th c, they were shipped from China worldwide."
Hoje é um dia histórico pra mim.
Hoje entram em campo pela Copa do Mundo de Clubes nada mais nada menos do que Atlético de Madrid e Botafogo.
Um clube do meu país natal, um do país onde eu moro.
Ambos com tipografias feitas por mim 😍
Hoje entram em campo pela Copa do Mundo de Clubes nada mais nada menos do que Atlético de Madrid e Botafogo.
Um clube do meu país natal, um do país onde eu moro.
Ambos com tipografias feitas por mim 😍
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hoje é um dia histórico pra mim.
Hoje entram em campo pela Copa do Mundo de Clubes nada mais nada menos do que Atlético de Madrid e Botafogo.
Um clube do meu país natal, um do país onde eu moro.
Ambos com tipografias feitas por mim 😍
Hoje entram em campo pela Copa do Mundo de Clubes nada mais nada menos do que Atlético de Madrid e Botafogo.
Um clube do meu país natal, um do país onde eu moro.
Ambos com tipografias feitas por mim 😍
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
Type design peaked with Winona Ryder’s drawers in Heathers
April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Type design peaked with Winona Ryder’s drawers in Heathers
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
A truly creative logos built around the letter 'G'. Discover over 4600 more historical logos at www.logo-archive.org
June 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A truly creative logos built around the letter 'G'. Discover over 4600 more historical logos at www.logo-archive.org
Reposted by Álvaro Franca
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread: