Rui Abreu studied communication design at the Faculty of Fine Arts

in Porto and graduated in 2003. Whilst student made the first approaches to typographic design, and launched his first font in 2006. Launched

the site r-typography.com in 2008, with a selection of his typographic work. Since 2009, Rui Abreu has published his main fonts with

the Swedish type foundry Fountain, including the awarded Orde and Aria.

Joana Correia was born in Porto (1979) and has a degree in Architecture from FAUP in 2003. Worked as an architect until 2008 when he decided

to explore his passion for graphic design and attended a degree

in Communication Design at ESAD Matosinhos. After her graduation she went to the UK where she completed her MA in Typeface Design

at Reading University (UK) in the prestigious Department of Typography and Graphic Communication.

Since 2011 she’s been teaching Typography and Type Design at ESAD.

She works as a freelance type designer developing new fonts and collaborates with companies like Google, SorkinType and FontYou. Finds great pleasure in teaching typography either on school time or

at conferences.

Member of the Association Typographic Internationale (ATypI) since 2010, supporting the organization in the annual events.

Dino dos Santos (n.1971) is the founder of DSType. With a degree

in Communication Design from the ESAD – Matosinhos and a Master

in Media Arts from the School of Fine Arts, University of Porto, he teaches Typography Studies at ESAD – School of Art & Design, Matosinhos.

He designed fonts for various national and international organizations such as Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, Le Figaro, La Tercera,

La Voz de Galicia, Electronic Arts, among many others. Was awarded

the Certificate of Excellence in Type Design, awarded by the Type Directors Club of New York and the Creative Review Type Design Awards. The DSType work has been presented in several publications that includes the Eye magazine, Computer Arts, Creative Review, Page, Graphik

and Slanted , and books like 1000 Fonts, TDC 29 Annual, Typography, Creative Characters, Brush ‘n’ Script and Fraktur mon Amour. Designed several fonts internationally awarded, such as Acta, Andrade, Style, Glosa, Leitura and Ventura.

The work of DSType is referenced in the Klingspor – Museum Offenbach in Germany. He is a member of the Type Directors Club and ATypI  (Association Internationale Typographique). Contributes regularly

at conferences, seminars and workshops.