Type experiments

A collection of type and calligraphic experiments.

Process moments, technology research, sketches, and concepts that did not make it into release.

Status

Archive

Role

Artist, Designer

Domain

Typography, Calligraphy, Typeface, Animation

Fig. 1.Modulator: a type system built from strict constraints. Letters consist of four modules; each module can contain a perimeter line, a quarter-circle arc, or a diagonal.

Fig. 2.Type sketches based on assignments from Playfaces, a Telegram chat curated by Vladimir Kolomeytsev.

Variable axes — Fig. 3.Variable-axis scheme developed as a type experiment. A study of weight and reverse-contrast interpolation for identifying the most useful styles.

Fig. 4.Weight and reverse-contrast axes in motion. The process of creating Lanze.

Fig. 5.A drawn animation demonstrating the transition from classical contrast to reverse contrast.

Fig. 6.Work in progress on Searcher, a grotesque that later transformed into Akt.

Fig. 7.A variable composition built from Searcher’s arrows.

Fig. 8.Typographic compositions with the Searcher typeface.

Fig. 9.First typeface drawn in Figma: dynamic forms, mechanical rhythm, and rough construction.

Fig. 10.A wide sans at the boundary between grotesque construction and serif logic.

Fig. 11.A rough sans with uneven details, drawn as a predecessor to Werkzeug.

Fig. 12.Discrete strokes inspired by Gerrit Noordzij’s book The Stroke: Theory of Writing.

Fig. 13.Transformation of a grotesque into a serif.

Fig. 14.Calligraphic studies where the stroke becomes an image of its own.

Snake — Fig. 15.A small graphic study combining the image of a snake with the grapheme “S”.

Fig. 16.Transformation of letter strokes into a patterned texture as part of identity work.

Fig. 17.Logo for an internal product built around the myth of Theseus and Ariadne.

Fig. 18.Frames from a graffiti trip to Sarapul.