Borna Izadpanah
Lecturer In Typography at University of Reading
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBorna Izadpanah is a Lecturer in Typography at the University of Reading and a PhD-trained typeface designer and researcher with over a decade of practice spanning academic research and independent type design. His doctoral work traced the early typographic representation of Persian, informing award-winning typefaces recognized by Granshan and the Type Directors Club. He combines historical scholarship with hands-on design, producing original multilingual type systems used in both academic and commercial contexts. Based in London, he retains an active independent foundry practice since 2014 alongside his teaching and research. Notably, his career bridges motion and graphic design roots with rigorous typographic theory, giving him a rare fluency across expressive and technical aspects of type.
10 years of coding experience
PhD, Typography & Graphic Communication, PhD, Typography & Graphic Communication at University of ReadingMaster's Degree, Graphic Design, Master's Degree, Graphic Design at University of the Arts London
English, Persian
Github Skills (11)
latin10
phonetics10
google-fonts9
truetype9
freetype9
variable-fonts9
opentype9
ufo9
fonts9
typeface9
woff9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BornaIz/markazitext
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 4 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 years 9 months
BornaIz/Lalezar
Oct 2015 - Feb 2017
A multi-script display typeface for popular culture
Contributions:4 releases, 85 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 5 months
fonttypefacephoneticsgoogle-fonts
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