Typography / GRDE 201 Letterform Design Projects

This project required students to select, research and analyze an existing typeface as a point of departure to create their own system of related letterforms. Students selected one of the following letterform groupings to explore their systems: model letters (n h m r u), bowls (b d g p q),obliques (k v w x y z ), cursives (a c e o s), and verticals (i f j l t). Each student gave their new letterform system a cool name and created a book documenting their design process.

Letterform grouping named Expedition to represent St. Louis, Missouri.



Design: Rebecca Klahold

Letterform grouping named Sprig with a tree theme.



Design: Katy Verzillo

Letterform grouping named Impel by Lauren Tompkins to represent Newark, New Jersey.



Design: Lauren Tompkins

Letterform grouping with an architectural theme named Quadature Bold.



Design: Kyle Quevedo

Letterform grouping named Kehoe representing the iron fences of Savannah, Georgia.



Design: Justin Pulver

Letterform grouping named Volton to represent Scranton, Pennsylvania.



Design: Cassadi Falsetti

Letterform grouping named New Newport to represent Newport, Rhode Island.



Design: Rachel Pachilis

Letterform grouping named Growth showing the sprouting of plants.



Design: Kat Ward

Letterform grouping representing the Gold Rush in Sacramento, California.



Design: Grace Kaminsky