After years of working as a magazine art director in Brazil, Crystian Cruz took a hiatus to the UK's University of Reading where he developed his ideas for typeface design. He returned to start an editorial design consultancy, armed with expertise in both sides of typography: type creation and type use. Crystian expounds on the value of collaborative education and shares some of his excellent publication and typeface design.

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