Joaquim Antero Magalhães Ferreira (Porto, 1963) is a designer, university professor, researcher-collector (calligraphy, typography, book history from Portugal and Spain; specialized on Oficina Alvares Ribeiro, Oporto and Jean de Villeneuve, Lisbon); PhD in Fine Arts (Design and Typography) and European Doctor Mention of the University of Barcelona (2003); graduated in Communication Design from Oporto Fine Arts School (1989); professional and artistic activity, specializing in Corporate Identity and in Typography (since 1983); professor of Design and Typography at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (since 1989); founder of the studio Antero Ferreira Design (1991) and co-founder and Design Director of the company Alquimia da Cor Produções Digitais (1995); pos-PhD researcher at the Department of Design and Image at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona (since 2004); Visiting Professor at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada (in 1991), University of Barcelona and Polytechnic University of Valencia, both in Spain (since 2004); Past President of the Deontological and Technical Council of the AND/National Designers Association, Portugal; member and consultant of several national and international institutions and publications.