Elena Schneider is a freelance type designer from Germany. She gained a diploma in Graphic Design from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund, and co-founded RADAU, a graphic design studio specialising in typography and editorial design. In 2011 she graduated from the University of Reading with an MA in Typeface Design. Currently she works independently, mainly on typeface design and lettering, and occasionally on graphic design. You can most likely find her spending her time between Hamburg, Dortmund and Húsavík.