Mapping of typographic production in Latin America.
TipoMap Latam is an academic initiative dedicated to the cataloging, preservation, and analysis of typographic production in Latin America. Through a collaborative effort between various regional nodes, it seeks to unify the technical and aesthetic history of typography in Latin America.
The methodology is based on the rigorous analysis of each typographic record, guaranteeing the traceability of authors, foundries, and creation contexts, whether academic or commercial in nature.
Building a detailed compendium of Latin American typographic production (1990-2025). Collecting data on authors, studios, works, typographic families, and formal attributes for a deep regional analysis.
Identifying key factors in the evolution of typography in Latin America. Analysis of behavior patterns and adaptation to cultural, technological, and stylistic changes of the period at a continental level.
Creation of visual representations of interconnection networks between countries and institutions. Generation of predictive models to anticipate possible future directions in the Latin American typographic design ecosystem.
Exhaustive search for commercial and academic Latin American typefaces in specialized sites, catalogs, and direct interviews with authors from the region.
Verification of veracity and relevance by the universities responsible in each node and the designers of the indexed fonts themselves.
Final data labeling and opening for public consultation through the network's official website.
Hosted and maintained by CICTyD Information Systems - UASLP.
The typographic specimens presented in this database are the property of their respective authors and/or foundries. They are used exclusively for informational, cultural, and dissemination purposes, without commercial intent. Tipomap does not claim any rights over these images. If you are the owner of any image and wish for it to be removed, please contact us at info@tipomap.lat and we will remove it promptly.
It is a public database and an inter-institutional research project oriented towards the consultation, comparison, and analysis of typefaces in Latin America.
To identify and analyze trends, styles, and influences of regional typographic production, and to visually represent networks and interconnections of the ecosystem.
Records come from verifiable sources and are continuously contrasted with public documentation and references from each national node.
Typeface name, typographic specimen, year, credits, variants, classification, access/license type, official link, and recognitions.
You can use the general listing, the gallery filterable by style, the awards section, or the listings by designers and foundries.
It includes the modalities: Open access, Free access, Public access with cost, Private access, Limited access, and Access not available.
Yes, fonts developed for brands or institutions are registered, with their respective usage notes and recognitions.
A set of records that gather fonts with documented recognitions (biennials, awards, etc.), indicating the contest, category, and year.
Through an indexing process that combines active consultation, interviews, and invitations, as well as data capture through the site.
If you detect any error, wish to propose a correction with verifiable data, or want to contact us, you can write to info@tipomap.lat and we will attend to you as soon as possible.
At researchers, teachers, students, and design professionals who need to consult and analyze regional typographic production.
Mapping of Latin American typographic production. (2026). Latin American Typography Research Network. https://tipomap.lat/