Sveinn Þorri Daviðsson was born and raised in Akureyri on the north-east side of Iceland. He moved to Reykjavik in 2005 to study graphic design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (B.A. degree in 2008). After his graduation, he moved to Berlin, where he shares a studio space with his friend Siggi Eggertsson. Icelandic designer of Times New Rope (2008, based on Times Roman). Grindavik (monospace face) is inspired by Wim Crouwel's type design, Futhark runes and older cumae forms. Tekkno is an isometric modular and angry face. Other typefaces: Russibani (super-organic; done with Siggi Eggertsson), Reinhardt (with Siggi Eggertsson: based on old German woodcut posters), Bad Times (handprinted Times Roman), Ultima Thule (grotesk headline; done with Siggi Eggertsson), Api (curly), Paper (paper cut face), Ryksug (experimental). YWFT link.

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