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Ricardo is an assistant teacher at the Graphic Design and Multimedia department of the School of Arts and Design Caldas da Rainha, a member of LIDA research group. Since 2007 he is teaching typography in the undergraduate and master programs, his main research interests are in type design, typography for airports, multi-language scripts and stencils. Ricardo received his master’s degree in 2009 from EINA centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona, he completed his graduation in IADE in 2005 and he also received the specialist statute in 2016, in Audiovisual and Media Production (Graphic Design). Since 2011 is member of the scientific committee from the Typography Meeting in Portugal, and also a member of ATIPO (Associação de Tipografia Portugal). From 1997 until to 2007 he worked as a graphic designer in many several studios in Lisbon like T-Raso, Insectos, Espectro and Santa Fé. Since 1997, he runs Vanarchiv type foundry, where he had been publishing several typefaces available in Monotype, Fontshop, and Linotype. Type designer and also a member of the collective Tipos das Letras, founded in 2013, where they had been giving lectures, workshops, and seminars in many educational institutions. Ricardo had two typefaces selected by Typographica as “Our Favorite Typefaces”, Lisboa was selected in 2005 and Tramuntana in 2012.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
521E-4139-7B65
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3526-9416

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (351) 963158201 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Francisco Gomes Avelar, Nº8, 2500-811, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

  • vanarchiv.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/07/16 - 2016/07/27
Concluded
 TDI (Type Design Intensive Course) (Outros)
Blackwell Ltd, United Kingdom
2016/07/21 - 2016/07/21
Concluded
 Audio-visuais e Produção dos Media – Design Gráfico (Título de especialista)
Major in Design tipográfico customizado (Sonae)
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria - Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes, Portugal
2009/01/03 - 2010/12/07
Concluded
 Tipografia Avanzada (Master)
Major in Wayfinding Typography
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art, Spain
"Aircrew - Wayfinding Typography for Airports" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2000 - 2005/06
Concluded
 Design Comunicação Visual (Licenciatura)
Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/11/06 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - Current Integrated Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria - Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/02/01 - Current Estampilhas do Palácio Nacional de Mafra
UIDP/05468/2020
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria - Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/07 - 2023/10/31 Oficina de Tipo
UIDP/05468/2020
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria - Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Santos, Ricardo; Bártolo, José. Corresponding author: Bártolo, José. Design Português. Lisboa, Portugal: ESAD. 2015.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Ricardo Santos; Aprigio Morgado; António Silveira Gomes, ed. Book of Proceedings of the 11th Typography Meeting. Portugal. 2023.
Magazine article
  1. Serin, Efecan; Morgado, Aprígio; Santos, Ricardo. "A Latin-script typeface, based on special education teachers' opinions, to use in literacy education of individuals with autism".", Visible Language, 2020, https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl/article/view/4626..

Other

Other output
  1. Size-specific adjustments to type designs – An investigation of the principles guiding. Type Specimens – Tramuntana. 2014. Ricardo Santos. https://justanotherfoundry.com/size-specific-adjustments-to-type-designs.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016/09/12 Tipos das Letras collective Opening of the academic year
Bergen Academy of Art and Design (Bergen, Norway)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/11/27 - 2022/12 ATIPO - Associação de Tipografia de Portugal Secretário

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2013/04/06 - Current Membro da Comissão Cientifica do Encontro de Tipografia em Portugal
Member
 ATIPO, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/05/12 - 2023/03/13 Morotugal - Bilingual Typeface: Bridging Portugal and Morocco Lamya Sefyani Lakrizi
2021/04/23 - 2022/02/21 Tipografia em Movimento. Manipulação de um tipo de letra variável para produção de efeitos cinéticos Daniel Armando Pereira Neves
2019/02/26 - 2022/02/21 Runas Futhark (A Cultura Viking como criadora de Identidades Tipográficas no Viking Metal e Música Nórdica) Bruno Esteves Rolo Bracons Ferreira
2013/03/06 - 2015/09/06 Design Editorial de Jornais (Re-Design do Jornal Local Notícias da Caranguejeira) Alexandra Manuela Sarraipa Carreira
Distinctions

Other distinction

2012 Our Favorite Typefaces 2012 (Tramuntana)
Typographica, United States
2005 Our Favorite Typefaces from 2005 (Lisboa)
Typographica, United States