BLOCKY
Typeface Design | Experimental Typography | Modular Typography | Poster Design | Rules-Based Design
What it is:
This modular typeface was designed using no more than five basic shapes (okay, some at different scales—but still). The goal: to create an entire alphabet using a very limited visual vocabulary. The result is a chunky, geometric, mildly rigid display type that is also surprisingly expressive given the strict rules.
What’s inside:
Typeface
A full set of modular letterforms built from five distinct shapes.
Specimen Posters
A series of prints that put the new typeface to work in a way that’s loud.
Analog Construction
Every letterform built piece by piece, using cut-out shapes to explore forms.
The posters:
Design Approach:
This typeface started on grid paper, where I sketched out a handful of basic shapes and challenged myself to build an entire alphabet using just five of them. Once I had a set I liked, I digitized the forms, printed them, cut them out, and got to work physically arranging the pieces like a puzzle to figure out how each letter could take shape.
The process:
