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Alex Davila

Designer and graffiti artist in Guatemala City. In 2017, he published a beautiful lettered poster simply called Letter. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Andrea Torres

Guatemala City-based designer of the handwriting typeface MyPalm (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Antonio Gaitán

Guatemalan type designer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ariel Martinez
[Bless Studios]

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Aviu Polanco

Guatemalan designer of Kids Future (2014), a typeface designed for a children's charity. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Blau Group

Guatemala City-based designer of the wide squarish typeface Recta (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bless Studios
[Ariel Martinez]

Guatemala City, Guatemala-based multimedia designer. His typefaces as of 2020 include mostly script typefaces, with a few exceptions: Artronica, Berlinda, Bloodlust, Bobas (a bubblegum font), Brokelyn (grungy), Carnival, Chalkiez (a slab serif chalk font), Charllote Sans (a display serif), Chilukba, Darknest, Flowart, Genius Talk, Gothica (a blackletter), Legionaire, Malika, Marcelly, Marlyne, Multiverse, Nightingale (a blackletter), Retropolitan, Starlight, Stranger Kiss, The Hotel, Tony Handwritting. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Celia Maldonado

Art director at Waffle Productions in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Creator of a Greek column-inspired typeface called Greek Swirl Font (2013). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Damaris Sacalxot

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala-based designer of a squarish typeface at FontStruct (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

David Cifuentes

Designer from Guatemala City (b. 1984). Creator of Contipopgua (2009), a ransom note font. Home page. Fontsy link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Diego Morales Portillo

Designer in Guatemala City. Creator of Manual Script (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Doritozdoss

Guatemalan designer (b. 1982) who created Squair (2007), a display sans. [Google] [More]  ⦿

EBI Guatemala

Free Mayan dingbat fonts from 1995: Ab'ajA, TunA, WuujA. Plus the phonetic font OKMAFonetica (1996) and the old language font Maya (1994). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eduardo Solorzano

Illustrator and graphic designer in Guatemala City who designed an irregular typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Elite Latina

Free fonts at this Guatemalan site include Ab'ajA (1995, Mayan dingbats), TunA (1995, same as previous one), WuujA (1995, more Mayan dingbats), Maya (1994, Mayan numerals), OKMAFonetica (1996, phonetic font). See also here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eyla Lujan

Digital artist from Guatemala. Creator of the Tembleque typeface (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Felipe Lopez Vettorazzi

Guatemala City-based designer of Punzante (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gabriela Gonzalez

During her studies at Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Gabriela Gonzalez designed the bold octagonal typeface Blocks (2019) [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hector Rivas
[Hecttorpaiz]

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Hecttorpaiz
[Hector Rivas]

Guatemalan designer of hand-drawn typefaces. In 2021 he released Hecscript. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Jenni Castillo

Graphic designer and illustrator in Guatemala City who created the display typeface Amarilo (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Joane Phosaur

Joane Phosaur (Par Studio, Guatemala City) designed the ultra-fat octagonal typeface Flaks (2019) and the lava lamp typeface Fruit Type (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jonathan Ford

Graphic design student at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, in 2012. He currently lives in Chesterfield, UK. Creator of Metria (2012, an experimental prismatic typeface), Rainbow (2012, another prismatic typeface), and Erinnerung (2012, a solemn blackletter typeface).

I especially appreciate the anti-coke poster in his portfolio, which reads: For nine years the 450 workers at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Guatemala City fought a battle for their jobs, their trade union and their lives. Three times they occupied the plant---on the last occasion for 13 months. Three General Secretaries of their union were murdered and five other workers killed.

To celebrate the Olympics in London in 2012, he created a typeface based on the Olympic rings, using a circular grid system. The typeface is called Olympia (2012).

In 2013, he created Core (an inline simple sans), Rounded Mod (geometric rounded circle-based sans), and Pixel. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jorge Letona

Guatemalan graphic designer in Mixco. Creator of the alchemic typefaces Balam (2011: inspired by the Mayan culture; can be bought at Ten Dollar Fonts), Imperio Pastel (2012), Teepee One and Two (2012, Ten Dollar Fonts), Confusa (2012), and Hunab Ku (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Juan Carlos

Guatemalan designer of the karate dingbats font Atezawa (2007). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Julio Ruiz

Designer in Guatemala City who created the piano key typeface Brutal Condensed in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kikki Davila

Based in Guatemala City, Kikki Davila designed the modified didone typeface Gopnai Droogie (2012), which was influenced, he says, by Clockwork Orange.

Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kuul Kidd

Designer in Guatemala City. He created the 3d outline font Isometric (2012) and Peluda (2012, a sans typeface based on hair).

In 2013, he added the experimental typeface Dioin. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Luis Dubon

Graphic designer in Guatemala City who created the sausage-style layered circle typeface Supertipo (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Maria Olga Reyes
[Minimo]

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Melanie Blanco

Aka ArtisMelB. Was Melby's Magic, and also Melanie's Creations. Guatemalan designer (b. 1990) of Lion King (2007), Mulan (2008, a slightly grungy all caps face), and Nederland Fantasy (2012, a hand-drawn outline face).

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Mercedes Casasola

Guatemala City-based designer of a decorative geometric solid all caps typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Minimo
[Maria Olga Reyes]

Mariaolga Reyes (aka Minimo, or as MO) is a web and editorial designer in Guatemala City. She created the wrought iron curly Victorian typeface Barrots (2012), which was inspired by some buildings in Barcelona. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Nicolle Lowenthal

Guatemala City-based designer of various display and hand-printed typefaces, including Niloca (2014), Cursi (2014) and Nicolle (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Pablo Estrada

Graphic designer in Guatemala City who created the hand-printed typeface Sik in 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Paola Arango

Guatemala City-based designer of a decorative caps typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Par Studio

Guatemala City-based designer of the squarish pixelish typeface OchoType (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Victoria Herrera

Guatemalan designer and art director currently based in New York City. In 2017, she created the skyline typeface Sky. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ximena Arriaga

Guatemala City, Guatemala-based designer of the modular typeface Squatec (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿