amy papaelias
conceptual typography and graphic design
Amy Papaelias develops experimental typefaces that challenge the arbitrary relationship between verbal and visual communication. A variety of tools are utilized, including font-editing software, handwriting samples, voice recordings, post-structuralist theory, sociolinguistics and a Speak and Spell.

The resulting fonts are visual representations of speech, making visible the differences and similarities of spoken and written language. This work has been recognized in the pages of Print and Communications Arts, and online at Typographica, UnBeige and DesignObserver. Amy has previously spoken at TypeCon in Seattle and New York and in 2008, spoke at the AIGA Design Educators Conference Social Studies: Educating Designers in a Connected World in Baltimore.

An assistant professor of Graphic Design at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, Amy also maintains a freelance practice ranging from the design of cookbooks to websites. View Amy's Resume. View samples of Amy's professional work. Email me: amyp [at] typetalkfonts [dot] com.

current projects:
TypeTalk Fonts
SonoType
UB Graphic Design Blog