Typography Research

Typography Research

This type was designed by Johann David Steingruber (1702-87) the letterforms or buildings were never actually used but i think its an interesting way of combining two elements to gain a third more interesting visual.

This was the grid used to design Gill Sans, this was useful to look at when designing typefaces using fontstruct, as the proportion of the letters are clear.

I thought this typeface was quite unusual, it becomes almost a symbol and could be recreated using fonstruct.