Tipos de Sucesso

Tradição e contemporaneidade no design de letra de portugueses [1994-2012]

Name: Teresa Cabral
Year: 2014
Institution: Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors: João Paulo Martins, Paulo Ramalho
Discipline: Communication Design
Scope: Design History
Taxonomy: Praxiology/Phenomenology
Type: Theoretical
Language: Portuguese
Wordcount / Pagecount: 128,401 / 504
Joint supervision: No

tradition and contemporaneity in the design of Portuguese fonts

Research Process (4 methods)

1. Literature review N = x

Exploratory Qualitative

2. Interview N = unspecified

Generative Qualitative

Font designers

3. Artefact analysis N = 1

Evaluative Qualitative

Rolland font by Hugo d'Alte

4. Artefact analysis N = 1

Evaluative Qualitative

Geronimo font by Mário Feliciano

#	Name of Method	Research Phase	Research Approach	Researcher Role	Object of Study / Participants	N
1	Literature review	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	x	x
2	Interview	Generative	Qualitative	x	Font designers	unspecified
3	Artefact analysis	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	Rolland font by Hugo d'Alte	1
4	Artefact analysis	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	Geronimo font by Mário Feliciano	1

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input

IK&T	Academia	Design Practice	Society
Context	Yes	No	No
Vision	No	No	No
Means	No	No	No

Recommendations (3)

R216 Methodological Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: High

Debate, refine, and consolidate a Portuguese nomenclature for type design, drawing on current usage, historical workshop vocabulary, and relevant Brazilian terminology where appropriate.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: High

R217 Methodological Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Priority: High

Refine and extend the analytical grid proposed for serif text typefaces so that it can support broader and more systematic analysis of type design.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R218 Theoretical & Conceptual Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: High

Investigate more deeply how Portuguese type designers combine openness to international influences with historically informed practice, in order to clarify whether a shared Portuguese mode of being in type design exists without implying a fixed national style.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Exploratory
Feasibility:: Medium