Career
He is co-owner of BIGG (a Swedish advertising agency) and Hålet (a gallery dedicated to the typographic arts). Berndal was a linotype operator, compositor and, later a typography teacher. He began designing type in a matrix factory in the early 1950s.
Although currently retired Berndal still designs type as a hobby.
Berndal is also a notable book designer, author, and calligrapher.