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Eduardo Recife
www.misprintedtype.com/www.eduardorecife.com
recife@misprintedtype.com
Birthplace: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Residence: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Connecting cities:Los Angeles, USA/Rancho, India/Toledo, Ohio, USA
page offers a varied sample of his work,
including his commercial work and also,
through Misprinted Type, a selection of his
personal projects, among which feature
his typographic families which can be
downloaded as freeware.
In his collages, Recife digs up vintage
images that he processes manually to
create textures and stains which give
a more human and warm look to his
imagery. He is also inspired by graffi ti
BELO HORIZONTE IS THE THIRD biggest
city in Brazil, after São Paolo and Rio
de Janeiro and serves as base camp for
Misprinted Type, the alter ego of the artist
Eduardo Recife.
This independent designer, photographer,
typographer, and illustrator, who was
born in 1980, has developed important
commercial projects for publications such
as the New York Times, The Guardian, Ray
Gun, and Tokion, among others. His web-
and grunge typography, designing
alphabets and fonts of a great formal
beauty.
“I have been drawing since I was a child.
At school all my exercise books were fi lled
with drawings instead of notes. I used to
tattoo my friends with a black ink pen
and draw on any kind of surface when
I was bored… I believe this is what I do
best… It’s a therapy, a hobby and a job
that makes me happy.”
Los Angeles, USA
Rancho, India
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Handmade/Typeface/Handraw/2008
Maybe/Print/Digital collage/2005
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Panic at the Disco/T-shirt/Digital collage/2007
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E o Amor?/Print/Digital collage/2004
Fastmuse/Magazine illustration/Digital collage/2006
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