Professor Klimis Mastoridis
Klimis Mastoridis is a Professor of Typography and Graphic Communication. He is the Dean of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences (SHSS) at the University of Nicosia, as well as the Director of the “Institute for the Study of Typography & Visual Communication”.
He was the first Greek to be awarded a PhD in Typography and Graphic Communication from the University of Reading (UK, 1997; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation scholarship) and is a Fellow of the “International Society of Typographic Designers” (ISTD) and the “Institute of Paper, Printing and Publishing” (IP3). Klimis is the initiator of the “International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication” (ICTVC) and the director and editor of the academic journal Hyphen, a typographic forum. He is also the author of the books Θέματα αναπαραγωγής και εκτύπωσης (Reproduction and printing issues; 1988, reprinted in 1993 and 1997; new edition 2010) and Casting the Greek Newspaper: a study of the morphology of the ‘ephemeris’ from its origins until the introduction of mechanical setting (1999).
His research interests include printing history and technology of printing, as well as typographic design for visual communication. Over the past 45 years, Klimis has supervised many print, editorial and information design projects in his roles as Chairman of “AlterVision SA”, General Director of “Typophilia Publishing” and Director of the “University of Macedonia Press” (established on EU funds in 1998). He has acted as editor, publisher, designer and typographic consultant to government bodies and large private firms.
Klimis has published numerous articles on the history and practice of printing and has been a member of the scientific and organising committees of several international conferences. He has also served on the jury of national and international design competitions and was Head of the Department of Design and Multimedia at the University of Nicosia from 2008 to 2014. From December 2016 to February 2020, he was Associate Dean of the SHSS, after which he took up his position as Dean of the School. In 2015, he received an honorary recognition from the “International Gutenberg Society” for his long-standing membership.
