Armed with a Zip-a-tone dry transfer lettering catalogue, I consolidated my love affair with type at 12, a romance that goes on strong until today. Saying letters has always meant reading, writing and transmitting ideas through the one invention of mankind that, though distorted, can never be destroyed no matter what we do to ourselves or the world: the alphabet. But the word “letter” always had a different ring for me. The shapes of those abc’s have been, since I learned to read, at 3, more worthy of attention than the sometimes trivial (and often biased) things they are meant to express in newspapers, women’s magazines, newsletters and print ads.

Decades after that I’ve seen the world change so much, yet typography stands tall rivaling the greatest pieces of art, without generally being considered as such (at least not in the popular mind). I’ve used computers to make fonts since 2000 and I’ve sketched type ideas since 1978. I am a graphic designer and a Mexican citizen living and producing original type products in a suburban area of Mexico City.

Armed with a Zip-a-tone dry transfer lettering catalogue, I consolidated my love affair with type at 12, a romance that goes on strong until today. Saying letters has always meant reading, writing and transmitting ideas through the one invention of mankind that, though distorted, can never be destroyed no matter what we do to ourselves or the world: the alphabet. But the word “letter” always had a different ring for me. The shapes of those abc’s have been, since I learned to read, at 3, more worthy of attention than the sometimes trivial (and often biased) things they are meant to express in newspapers, women’s magazines, newsletters and print ads.