Clews Collaborative Typeface

Image of Clews typeface on press

Inspired by hand-carved lettering at the , this collaborative typeface was designed by the Fall 2023 Experimental Typography course. Each student was assigned a subset of the standard glyph set for Latin fonts.

Once completed, we designed and printed type specimens at the Book Arts League. The typeface was printed using a custom polymer plate and the student’s names were handset in 14 pt. Futura Bold.

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Clew's typeface printed on paper

Associated Researchers

Additional Researchers

Nita Byati, Sam Chen, Jason Fontillas, Charlotte Garrett, Reed Little, Ashley Paulson, Robby Strong, Q Tran