Sofie Beier

Sofie Beier is a type designer and associate professor employed at the School of Design under The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where she is the head of the MA programme in Type & Wayfinding. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art in London, and lectures and writes about type design and typeface legibility. Her current research is focused on improving the reading experience by achieving a better understanding of how different typefaces and letter shapes can influence the way we read. Several of her typefaces is published through The Northern Block among these the Karlo and the Ovink families. The typeface Karlo received a Creative Circle Bronze Award in 2015.