Rubén Fontana of Argentina

Born: Buenos Aires, 1942

Rubén Fontana, born in Buenos Aires, has directed his own company, FontanaDiseño, for 40 years.
Fontana was the head of the departments of Typography I, II and III at the University of Buenos Aires up until 1997, and recently incorporated the teaching of Type Design at the School of Graphic Design of this university. He has lectured at graduate and master programs at universities in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Spain and the Netherlands. His graphic design work is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, among others. From 1987 to 2006 he directed the international event Bienal Letras Latinas, and for a 20-year period he was the publisher of the magazine tipoGráfica.

Rubén Fontana has directed his own company, FontanaDiseño, for 40 years.

Fontana was the head of the departments of Typography I, II and III at the University of Buenos Aires up until 1997, and recently incorporated the teaching of Type Design at the School of Graphic Design of this university. He has lectured at graduate and master programs at universities in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Spain and the Netherlands. His graphic design work is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, among others. From 1987 to 2006 he directed the international event Bienal Letras Latinas, and for a 20-year period he was the publisher of the magazine tipoGráfica.

Fonts by Rubén Fontana

Andralis ND, Chaco, Fontana ND, Palestina

Browse all fonts by Rubén Fontana

Activities

  Type Design
  Typography
  Teaching
  Graphic Design

Related Links

 • Fontana Diseño (Spanish)
 • Fundación Konex: Ruben Fontana
 • tipoGráfica: comunicación para diseñadores (Spanish)
 • tpG tipoGráfica buenosAires: Rubén Fontana - El idioma de las letras (Spanish)

Please note: This is not an official page of Rubén Fontana and e-mailing us is not a good way to contact him. Corrections welcomed.

About Us — Testimonials — Sell Your Fonts — Become an Affiliate — Site Map — Sign In

MyFonts   500 Nickerson Road   Marlborough MA 01752   USA
MyFonts and MyFonts.com are registered trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
WhatTheFont and Starlets are trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
Copyright © 1999–2012 Bitstream Inc. PRIVACY POLICY