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.