About
[English]
I’m Pedro Arilla (1984—), a designer with a passion for words, Co-Founder and Type Director of Arillatype.Studio® where we help brands worldwide to encapsulate their voices typographically.
I’ve led font projects for clients such as Google, Disney, Coca-Cola, LaLiga, Unilever, Paralympics and UEFA, and designed typefaces in Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Thai and Japanese scripts.
I previously graduated with Distinction in the world’s top Typeface Design Masters at the University of Reading (UK), and worked as a Creative Director at the legendary foundries Fontsmith (UK) and Monotype (USA).
I’ve published a book on type evaluation (¿Por qué es buena esta tipografía?, Campgràfic, 2024). For over a decade, I ran one of the most relevant blogs and podcasts on typography in Spanish (Don Serifa).
[Español]
Soy Pedro Arilla (1984—), un diseñador apasionado por las palabras, cofundador y Director Tipográfico de Arillatype.Studio® donde ayudamos a marcas de todo el mundo a encapsular sus voces tipográficamente.
He liderado proyectos tipográficos para clientes como Google, Disney, Coca-Cola, LaLiga, Unilever, Juegos Paralímpicos y UEFA, y diseñado tipografías en los sistemas de escritura latino, árabe, cirílico, griego, tailandés y japonés.
Anteriormente, me gradué con Distinción en el Máster en Diseño de Tipografía en la prestigiosa Universidad de Reading (Reino Unido), y trabajé como Director Creativo en las legendarias fundiciones Fontsmith (Reino Unido) y Monotype (Estados Unidos).
Publiqué un libro sobre evaluación tipográfica (¿Por qué es buena esta tipografía?, Campgràfic, 2024). Durante más de una década publiqué uno de los blogs y podcasts más relevantes sobre tipografía en español (Don Serifa).
Logs
Gaming
Notes: 🎮 Playing / ⏹️ Stopped / ✅ Finished / ❤️ Loved / 🔥 WOW / ♻️ Replayed
2024:
- 🎮 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree on Playstation 5, 20 hours
- ⏹️ SteamWorld Dig on Nintendo Switch, 2 hours
- ♻️ Hades on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ✅ Balatro on Nintendo Switch, 15 hours
- ⏹️ Guardian Tales on iOS, 6 hours
- ❤️ Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on Playstation 5, 34 hours
- ⏹️ eFootball 2024 on Playstation 5, 37 hours
- ✅ Vampire Survivors on iOS, 13 hours
- ⏹️ Red Dead Redemption 2 on Playstation 5, 1 hours
- ⏹️ Laika: Aged through blood on Playstation 5, 2 hours
- ❤️ Dark Souls 3 on Playstation 5, 32 hours
- ✅ Storyteller on iOS, 2 hours
2023:
- 🔥 The Last of Us: Part 1 on Playstation 5, 18 hours
- 🔥 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch, 180 hours
- ♻️ Donkey Kong Country 2 on SNES (emulated), 5 hours
- ♻️ Donkey Kong Country on SNES (emulated), 5 hours
- ❤️ Hogwarts Legacy on Playstation 5, 33 hours
- ⏹️ Metroid Dread on Nintendo Switch, 3 hours
- ⏹️ Minecraft Dungeons on Playstation 5, 1 hour
- ♻️ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch, 4 hours
- ⏹️ OlliOlli World on Playstation 5, 3 hours
- ⏹️ Vampire Survivors on Steam, 11 hours
- ✅ Bloodborne on Playstation 5, 20 hours
2022:
- ⏹️ It Takes Two on Playstation 5, 8 hours
- ❤️ Tunic on Playstation 5, 16 hours
- ⏹️ God of War: Ragnarök on Playstation 5, 13 hours
- ❤️ Demon’s Souls on Playstation 5, 24 hours
- ⏹️ Deathloop on Playstation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Ghost of Tsushima on Playstation 5, 20 hours
- 🔥 Hollow Knight on Playstation 5, 59 hours
- ⏹️ Thimbleweed Park on MacOS, 6 hours
- ⏹️ Blasphemous on Playstation 5, 2 hours
- ⏹️ Crash Bandicoot 4 on Playstation 5, 8 hours
- ⏹️ Streets of Rage 4 on Playstation 5, 4 hours
- ⏹️ Fall Guys on Playstation 5, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Dark Souls 3 on Playstation 5, 2 hours
- 🔥 Elden Ring on Playstation 5, 117 hours
- ⏹️ Cyberpunk 2077 on Playstation 5, 2 hours
- ❤️ Death’s Door on Playstation 5, 16 hours
- ⏹️ The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on Game Boy Advance (emulated), 2 hours
- ♻️ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch, 4 hours
- ⏹️ Marvel’s Spider-Man on Playstation 5, 14 hours
- ⏹️ Unpacking on Nintendo Switch, 2 hours
2021:
- ❤️ Uncharted 4: The lost legacy on Playstation 5, 8 hours
- ❤️ Resident Evil 2 on PlayStation 5, 9 hours
- ⏹️ Kena: Bridge of Spirits on PlayStation 5, 7 hours
- ⏹️ SteamWorld Heist on Nintendo Switch, 6 hours
- ⏹️ Bonfire Peaks on Nintendo Switch, 2 hours
- ⏹️ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on PlayStation 5, 12 hours
- ✅ Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury on Nintendo Switch, 13 hours
- ⏹️ A plague tale: Innocence on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Star Wars: Squadron on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Bloodborne on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- 🔥 The Last of Us: Part 2 on PlayStation 5, 21 hours
- ❤️ Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart on PlayStation 5, 15 hours
- ⏹️ Ratchet & Clank on PlayStation 5, 6 hours
- ⏹️ Disco Elysium on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Horizon Zero Dawn on PlayStation 5, 8 hours
- 🔥 The Last of Us Remastered + Left Behind on PlayStation 5, 13 hours
- ❤️ God of War on PlayStation 5, 18 hours
- ⏹️ Battlefield 1 on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Journey on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ❤️ Uncharted 4 on PlayStation 5, 20 hours
- ⏹️ Returnal on PlayStation 5, 6 hours
- ⏹️ Astros’s Playroom on PlayStation 5, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Pokémon: Crystal on Game Boy (emulated), 10 hours
- ❤️ Luigi’s Mansion 3 on Nintendo Switch, 18 hours
- ❤️ Zelda: A link to the past on Game Boy Advance (emulated), 20 hours
- ✅ Gris on Nintendo Switch, 3 hours
- ✅ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch, 20 hours
- ⏹️ Immortals Fenyx Rising on Nintendo Switch, 30 hours
2020:
- ⏹️ Overcooked 2 on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Dead cells on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Bioshock on Nintendo Switch, 3 hours
- 🔥 Hades on Nintendo Switch, 35 hours
- ✅ Guacamelee! 2 on Nintendo Switch, 15 hours
- ⏹️ Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ✅ Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch, 55 hours
- 🔥 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on Nintendo Switch, 25 hours
- ⏹️ Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Fortnite on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Elliot Quest on Nintendo Switch, 3 hours
- ⏹️ Sonic Mania on Nintendo Switch, 1 hour
- ⏹️ Old Man’s Journey on Nintendo Switch, 1 hour
- 🔥 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch, 155 hours
- ❤️ Ori and the Blind Forest on Nintendo Switch, 40 hours
- ❤️ SteamWorld Dig 2 on Nintendo Switch, 10 hours
- ⏹️ Hollow Knight on Nintendo Switch, 20 hours
2019:
- ⏹️ Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on Nintendo Switch, 5 hours
- ⏹️ Cuphead on Nintendo Switch, 2 hours
- ✅ Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch, 40 hours
- ⏹️ Slain on Nintendo Switch, 5 hours
- ❤️ Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Nintendo Switch, 20 hours
2018:
- ⏹️ NBA 2K19 on Nintendo Switch, 20 hours
- 🔥 Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch, 30 hours
Running
Date |
Race |
Distance |
Time |
min/km |
2024/03/10 |
Media Maratón Málaga |
21K |
1:55:41 |
5:29 |
2024/01/28 |
Media Maratón Sevilla |
21K |
1:58:33 |
5:37 |
2023/10/29 |
Media Maratón Málaga |
21K |
1:59:22 |
5:39 |
2023/10/22 |
Popular Málaga |
10K |
55:01 |
5:30 |
2022/12/31 |
San Silvestre Arrecife |
5K |
24:51 |
4:58 |
2022/10/23 |
Popular Málaga |
10K |
57:08 |
5:43 |
Speaking
- Fonts, Tech & Craft. Galicia Design Week, A Coruña, Spain, 2023.
- Fonts & Branding. Órbitas, Jaén, Spain, 2023.
- Fonts & Branding. Semana del Diseño, Granada, Spain, 2023.
- Color fonts & At Amiga. Cañas y tipos, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2022.
- Variable color fonts & Emojis [watch] Design Matters, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022.
- Color fonts & At Amiga. Cuchi qué tipo, Málaga, Spain, 2022.
- Cooperative type design (with Nacho Lavernia and Javier Mestre). Jornada de tipografía de València, online, 2021.
- Diseño y producción de tipografías para comercializar y distribuir (with Sabrina López and Vicente Lamónaca). Mercado de Industrias Culturales y Creativas de Uruguay, online, 2021.
- Interview. TypeThursday Madrid, online, 2021.
- Narrativa tipográfica. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, online, 2020.
- Narrativa tipográfica. EASD València, València, Spain, 2020.
- Narrativa tipográfica. Creatus Dominus, online, 2020.
- Interview. TypeThursday Bogotá, online, 2020.
- Narrativa tipográfica. MálagaType, Málaga, Spain, 2019.
- Amsteldok. Letterspace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019.
- Lost & Foundry. The Galley Club, London, United Kingdom, 2019.
- Lost & Foundry. TypeThursdayLON, London, United Kingdom, 2018.
- Lost & Foundry. The House of St Barnabas, London, United Kingdom, 2018.
- Tipografilias y tipopatías. Creatus Dominus, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, 2015.
- Tipografía y poesía. TransSocial Express, Zaragoza, Spain, 2015.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. XIV Salón del Diseño Gráfico, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2014.
- Cuarto de tipo: Pedro Arilla. VI Congreso de Tipografía, Valencia, Spain, 2014.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. II Jornadas Tipográficas, Granada, Spain, 2014.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. TypoMad, Madrid, Spain, 2013.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. Entretipos, Barcelona, Spain, 2013.
- Claves para dar el salto del aula al proyecto real. Ibercaja Zentrum, Zaragoza, Spain, 2013.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. IES Pilar Lorengar, Zaragoza, Spain, 2013.
- ¿Se puede vivir de la tipografía? Sevilla Design Walk, Sevilla, Spain, 2012.
- Mamá, de mayor quiero ser tipógrafo. Escuela de Arte de Huesca, Huesca, Spain, 2012.
Teaching
- Type design. VIII Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2024.
- Type mentoring. Escuela San Telmo, Málaga, Spain, 2024.
- Type design. VII Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2023.
- Colour Fonts. Escuela José Val del Omar, Granada, Spain, 2023.
- Type design. Glíglifo Mini, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2022.
- Boost your typeface. Telmo Dice, Málaga, Spain, 2022.
- Type design. EASD València, València, Spain, 2021.
- Type design. EASD València, València, Spain, 2020.
- Typographic narrative. Máster de Diseño Gráfico, Animum3D, online, 2020.
- Type design. Type Crit Crew, online, 2020.
- Type design. VI Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2019.
- Type design. V Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2018.
- Type design. Tristana Project, Zaragoza, Spain, 2018.
- Type design. IV Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2017.
- Type design with Glyphs. Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain, 2017.
- Type design. III Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2016.
- Experimental typography. Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain, 2016.
- Type design. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2016.
- Lettering. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2016.
- Typography. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2016.
- Web type. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2016.
- Experimental lettering. Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain, 2015.
- Analogic type design. Escuela de Arte de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, 2015.
- Typolettering. TypeOn, Valladolid, Spain, 2015.
- Type design. II Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2015.
- Type design. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2015.
- Lettering. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2015.
- Type branding. LinkedIn Learning, online, 2015.
- Type design with Glyphs. Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain, 2014.
- Type design. Glígligo Mini, Málaga, Spain, 2014.
- Typolettering. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2014.
- Type design. I Glíglifo, Sos del Rey Católico, Spain, 2014.
- Type design. Domestika, online, 2014.
- Fonts & Branding. Made in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 2013.
- Type design with Glyphs. Entretipos, Barcelona, Spain, 2013.
- Editorial design. Escuela de Arte de Huesca, Huesca, Spain, 2012.
Awards
- Brand Impact Awards 2024, Bronze for Enterprise Mobility.
- Brand Impact Awards 2024, Silver for Android.
- D&AD 2024, Shortlisted for Android.
- The One Show Pencil 2024, Bronze for Android.
- Premio Gràffica 2023.
- Red Dot Awards 2022, Best of the Best for RTL United.
- iF Design Awards 2022, Winner for RTL United.
- D&AD 2021, Wood Pencil for Amsteldok.
- Dutch Creativity Awards 2020, Bronze for Amsteldok.
- European Design Awards 2020, Gold for Amsteldok.
- TypeToday 2020, Typefaces with perfect Cyrillic for FS Brabo Pro.
- Transform Awards Europe 2020, Silver for Amsteldok.
- WPPED Cream Awards 2019, Winner for Amsteldok.
- Brand Impact Awards 2019, Highly Commended for Amsteldok.
- Eurobest Award 2019, Bronze for Amsteldok.
- Granshan 2019, Special Mention Cyrillic-Latin for FS Brabo Pro.
- Communication Arts 2019, Shortlisted for Amsteldok.
- Clio Awards 2019, Bronze for Amsteldok.
- Cannes Lions 2019, Shortlisted for Amsteldok.
- European Design Awards 2019, Silver for FS Neruda.
- Modern Cyrillic 2019, one of the winners for FS Brabo Pro.
- D&AD 2019, Wood Pencil for Storytelling Serifs Specimen.
- Creative Circle 2019, Gold for Lost & Foundry.
- Gerard Unger Scholarship 2017 (TypeTogether), Mention for Rock & Roll.
- Behance 2012 (Adobe), Most appreciated projects for Valentina.
- CEA 2012, 2nd best project for Valentina.