Emanuela Conidi

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Emanuela Conidi Conidi obtained an MA in typeface design from the University of Reading in 2008, and a PhD from the same university a few years later. Her graduation typeface is Nabil, a hookish serifed typeface that covers Latin and Arabic. It won a bronze medal at the 2009 EDAwards. She also holds a Masters degree in Design and Visual Communication from the Polytechnic University in Milan Emanuela joined Fontsmith in 2008: With a background in Graphic Design, experience in hot-metal type hand composition and letterpress printing, she is passionate about typographic history, 19th century typefaces and Arabic typography. In 2009, Mitja Miklavcic, Jason Smith and Emanuela co-designed the slab serif family FS Rufus, which was described by them as benevolent, quirky, peculiar, offbeat, jelly beans and ice cream, a retro eco warrior. She co-designed the legible sans family FS Me with Mitja Miklavic, Phil Garnham, Jason Smith and Fernando Mello (Fontsmith). Designer of FS Albert Arabic, FS Rome (with Mitja Miklavcic: an all caps Trajan typeface) and FS Blake (a sans with some inherent tension) at Fontsmith. Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp on the topic of Arabic type history.	EXTERNAL LINKS Emanuela Conidi [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Typefaces and type design for Arabic ⦿ Type design in Italy ⦿ Letterpress ⦿ Typefaces inspired by the Trajan column in Rome ⦿