With a background in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, Hector produces research for Typotheque. He focused on the fields of perception and cognition during his bachelor (BSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Manchester). This interest was carried on to his masters, on applied cognitive psychology at the University of Utrecht, from which he graduated in 2022. His research focuses on perception of type, from accessibility to acceptance.
Fonts
- Zed Text Semi-WideZed Text Semi-Wide18 styles
- Zed Round WideZed Round Wide27 styles
- Zed Round Semi-WideZed Round Semi-Wide27 styles
- Zed Round Semi-CondensedZed Round Semi-Condensed27 styles
- Zed Round Extra-WideZed Round Extra-Wide27 styles
- Zed Round Extra-CompressedZed Round Extra-Compressed27 styles
Stories
Optimising Braille Character Spacing for Enhanced Tactile Reading
by Peter Biľak, Héctor Mangas AfonsoExploring the complexities of tactile legibility and optimal spacing for enhanced reading experiences. Through research and collaboration with international organisations, Zed Braille emerges as a finely tuned typeface, bridging diverse user needs and international standards.
Designing fonts with low-vision readers in mind: A reading acuity experiment
by Héctor Mangas AfonsoA lab-based experiment developed to empirically improve and test the distance-reading legibility of new typeface, tested on visually impaired readers.
The Familiarity Effect in the Perception of Handwriting
by Héctor Mangas AfonsoDo we prefer our own handwriting? We conducted a large scale empirical study on how familiarity affects the perception of handwritten text, measuring implicit biases that show people favour text resembling their own style.
Handwriting Database, 566 samples of contemporary Latin writing
by Héctor Mangas AfonsoThis is a database that captures the writing of over half a thousand contemporary users of the Latin script, across 46 countries and 20 languages.
Regional forms of Devanagari (Survey Report)
Essays by Héctor Mangas AfonsoWe created a survey to evaluate different graphic variants of Devanagari characters, interviewing hundreds of people gathering data and recommendations not only on the recognisability of each form of the Devanagari characters, but also on the preferences of readers and users.