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Atypical Type

The design world is full of conventional fonts and methods of creating them. When a 21st-century type designer creates a font, they typically begin with standard software. I believe this routine affects creativity, creating a barrier in the designer’s thought process and preventing the quirky development of letterforms. My thesis, Atypical Type, aims to find inspiration for type design everywhere—in nature, music, dance, across disciplines, as the product of unexpected tools. For example, is it possible to merge music and letters?

Can I design a font inspired by dance moves?

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Musical Type

A typeface created on GarageBand in which each letter has its own unique sound.

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FLAME SURFACING

Exploring a concept used by BMW to create contours in their cars to create organic looking letters.

WORD DUALITY

Lettering designs created with my custom typeface, exploring the negative spaces and joints in between.

WHAT THE FONT

A mixture of uppercase and lower case letter aesthetics to create an intriguing typeface.

THICC SLASH LETTERS

An exploration of a typeface based on thick and thin contrast which gives a bold and chunky look.

LETTERS IN CARS

Exploration of letters and numbers as LED head-lights and

tail-lights which adds a fun easter egg in cars.

EXPLORATIONS

A series of typeface designs and hand lettering created on MS Excel, graph paper and Adobe Fresco.