Ayotzinapa

ID / Record #149
Credits Raúl Plancarte, Cristóbal Henestrosa
Licensing gratuito
Release 2014
Classification Títulos
Class Retail
Variants 1 Styles
Regional Node(s) México
Specimen Ayotzinapa
Note. Specimen of the typeface Ayotzinapa. Copyright by Raúl Plancarte, Cristóbal Henestrosa.

The Ayotzinapa typeface was created as a response to the events of September 26, 2014. On that day, students from the Normal Rural School of Ayotzinapa were attacked by the municipal police of Iguala, Guerrero (Mexico), and allegedly handed over to members of drug trafficking. Since then, the priority of the parents of the disappeared has been to find their children and demand justice. As a result, these activities prevent them from dedicating themselves to their daily work life. Their struggle requires our moral, but also financial support. ¶ Designed by Mexican typographers Raúl Plancarte and Cristóbal Henestrosa, this digital alphabet is born as a way to help this cause. The monetary donations collected will be used to support the daily life of these families. ¶ The Ayotzinapa font is intended to be used in diverse contexts: from posters with revolutionary and activist content, to logos with an urban, spontaneous and challenging structure. It is a typographic design of the stencil genre and has a condensed, energetic and angular look. It is ideal for messages with strength, solidity and decisiveness.

Awards and Recognition

2016 Bienal de Tipografía Latinoamericana. Selección
Tipografía para títulos

RECOMMENDED CITATION

TipoMap Latam. (2026). Ayotzinapa. Mapping of Typographic Production in Latin America. Consulted on 15-06-2026 de https://tipomap.lat/view_typo?id=149