Jo De Baerdemaeker

Jo De Baerdemaeker (@typojo) is an independent Belgian typeface designer and researcher. He holds an MA in Typeface Design and was awarded a PhD from the University of Reading. His interests are designing, researching and writing about world script typefaces (in particular Tibetan, Lantsa (Rañjanā), Mongolian and Javanese) and multilingual typography.

In 2012 he founded studio Type in Antwerp (Belgium), and collaborates with international design agencies and type foundries, such as: Tiro Typeworks, Type Together, Typotheque, Dalton Maag, Monotype, Microsoft, Google, The New York Times, WIELS, Nottingham Contemporary, Sara De Bondt, Literatuur Vlaanderen, Stad Antwerpen, This is Antwerp, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Branding Today, Museum Plantin-Moretus, The University of Reading, and Vlaamse Overheid.

Jo is a regular speaker at international conferences, and curates exhibitions on type (design) and typography. He is a font & typography consultant for companies, holds (inter)national workshops on type design, and organises guided type walks in Belgium.