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Typeface Design | 2018
When in school, I developed a deep respect for modernist graphic design. Modernism, with its emphasis on simple, clear typography produced many phenomenal type design’s we still use daily. As I dug into the tradition however, I realized there is lesser known type designs from the era that had features much more diverse than Univers, or Helvetica. Taking a catalog of these features, I designed a typeface to showcase the differences.
^The basic character set, in the medium weight.
Every letter underwent numerous drawings & refinement, the forms are entirely original.
No cheating here– I assure you; these sketches were made painstakingly & by hand.