Bound
Bound is a typeface inspired by “The Courage to be Disliked” by Ichiro Kishimi”. The book is mainly about the philosophy of Alfred Adler, but shaped as a conversation between a philosopher and a student. Usually with philosphy books or readings, the writing is much more dense and abstract, I thought this way of framing his philopshy made it easier and more accessible for people to understand. I thought the book was very interesting and relatable.
Class: Type Design
Professor: Richard Lipton
Project Type: Custom text typeface, Robofont, type specimen book
Professor: Richard Lipton
Project Type: Custom text typeface, Robofont, type specimen book
I wanted to preserve the friendliness and open feeling of the conversation in Bound, while also having a fun twist to it. The typeface itself is a serif with bold strokes and has its signature notches that appear in the terminal and in the Capitals’ stroke. The notch represens the fun twist I find in philosophy.
Bound Spiral Bound Type Specimen Book
Bound Spiral Bound Type Specimen Book
Bound is also made to be very rounded to preserve the friendliness the text orginally give. The tilted axises in the counter is also another fun twist I decide to add to the typeface. Overall, Bound translate my feelings about the book into the typeface, it’s still a text typeface, still somewhat traditional and put having little twists and fun elements in the notches - similar to how the book is still on philosophy, but the delivery is non-traditional, friendlier and more interesting in my opinion.
First stages of hand drawn lettering while developing Bound
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