Cris Hernández is a typeface designer and researcher with a practice centered on supporting the Indigenous languages and writing systems of North America.
Seeking to work collaboratively with communities to address challenges in typographic representation.
Que Queda Type (Spanish for 'what remains') is a new foundry currently in development, aiming to provide typefaces that reflect these efforts.
Working from Brooklyn; Lenapehoking, the unceded homeland of the Lenape people.
Current engagements
Selected projects
Activity Log
CGDC: Cold Style (Chicago) organizer 5/25
Multilingüe 2.0 w/ INAT Team (virtual) talk 5/25 video
Underscore Podcast Ep.74 episode 2/25 audio
CGDC: Cold Style (Chicago) organizer talk 2/25
Letrastica 5 Open Forum (Guadalajara) talk 10/24
TypeLab w/ Connor Davenport (NYC) talk 6/23
Seminario de Estudios Tipográficos BUAP (Puebla) talk 4/23
Chelas & Tipos Xalapa (Xalapa) talk 2/23
Type Thursday MXC (CDMX) talk 2/23
Typefobia (Puebla) talk 2/23
Letrastica 4 Open Forum (Guadalajara) talk 10/22
Type@Cooper Extended Program (NYC) school 8/19
CalArts, BFA in Graphic Design (Santa Clarita) school 5/17
Available for work
For inquiries and general messages, please send an email to crisrhernandez@gmail.com.
Other links: Instagram