project details —
Sometimes things that aren’t letters look like letters. I decided to use this idea to inform a process which invents letterform designs. I documented found letterforms with photographs, traced them with a vector drawing, performed a series of manipulations to the drawing, and this resulted in new/invented letterforms.
In this process, I would alter the original vector drawing bit by bit, leaving a trail of iterations. When I got to a form that looked new but still had a trace of the original photographed form I stopped. The posters depict select stages of the process and the book shows six variations of the manipulation process to give the reader a visual progression of shifting one form to another. There are also expressive spreads in the book which use the invented letterforms.
The book itself is a handmade. The hardcover opens flat, the text block is only mounted on the back which leaves exposed sewing up the spine.