Creating Decorata Typeface was perhaps one of the most rewarding things I’ve done so far. Decorata was inspired by one of my lettering pieces. One of the great things about lettering is that it’s unique and created for an specific use. One of the downsides of it, is that those shapes will no longer be used! 

I remember creating that lettering for a postcard (it was a client assignment). It was new, and I liked it, I hand’t done anything like this before! However it was used in that ONE postcard that was sold in a few retail stores in Berlin.

Years later, I decided to make better use of those shapes, and started working on the typeface. I expanded the words into an alphabet and started working on each one of the layers. A time later, Decorata was born. Writing the first words with your font is a feeling that is hard to transmit. It’s just pretty awesome.

Nowadays I use Decorata for client projects, but also, other designers are able to use it as well. So, cheers for that.

Thank you Neil from Positype forever, for helping me bring this project to life.