João Varela is a lettering Artist and Type Designer, currently based in Lisbon, Portugal.

His world revolves around letters of all shapes and sizes, in all mediums and colors.

Attracted to everything related to typography, from typefaces and logos to murals and calligraphy, he constantly challenges himself to work with different materials, scales and styles.

In 2020, João graduated with honors from the Master Type Design at École Cantonal d’Art de Lausanne. During his degree, he learned how to merge the technical and detailed process of Type Design with an emotive and creative approach to Lettering pieces, and that is exactly what he strives to do. His creative process always involves analogue and digital mediums, both for sketching and finalizing projects.

João is always thrilled to join projects in which he has the opportunity to draw, paint and build letters!