Hector Mangas

Cognitive Psychologist specialized in the impact of type design, researching for @typotheque

Hector Mangas boosted:
2025-05-24
Hector Mangas boosted:
2025-05-24

I had the pleasure of engineering and implementing the Display and Gradient variations for the latest release from @typotheque. I’m especially proud to have contributed to shaping the concept behind these styles. Check out Terrassa, a new typeface designed by Nikola Djurek.

typotheque.com/blog/terrassa

Hector Mangas boosted:
Edgar WaltherteWalthert@typo.social
2024-09-22

Peter Biľak is opening the @typotheque popup show in the Grey Space in The Hague

Wall pf 204 white a‘s on black backgroundWall of artificial flowers for the typeface specimen of ZedWorld map with supported languages.
Hector Mangas boosted:
2023-11-16

Do we prefer our own handwriting? We conducted a large scale empirical study on how familiarity affects the perception of handwritten text, measuring implicit biases that show people favour text resembling their own style. 👇

typotheque.com/articles/the-fa

Hector Mangas boosted:
2023-11-07

After carrying out research for over a year into educational handwriting models, we have developed a typeface that not only uses the collective characteristics of handwriting as it is taught in schools, but also emulates how handwriting evolves over time into a personal expression of an individual. typotheque.com/blog/dash-a-typ

Illustration by Scott McCloud to illustrate the concept of Dash typeface

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