Typographica: Undergrad, Cooper, KABK — One Student’s Road to Learning Type Design

In 2009, after 13 years as a self-employed graphic designer, I decided to abandon the professional world and go back to school — this time to pursue a field that seems related, but is an entirely separate discipline: typeface design. Read more about my journey here ...

Svelte — A sans serif

My third and final project while studying the font design unit VCO3305 at Monash University in Melbourne. Svelte was designed as a body copy font for use in magazines and brochures. Svelte completes a set of experimental fonts to serve as a preface to further studies in typeface design.

Firsthand — Pen inspired

The Firsthand font was designed as a display face for use on posters. The second project while studying the Type Unit VCO3305 at Monash University in Melbourne. Firsthand is the result of a brief to design a font inspired by the felt pen.

Rose Street — A geometric exercise

The Rose Street font was 
designed as a display face 
for use on posters. The first project while studying the Type Unit VCO3305 at Monash University in Melbourne, Rose Street is the result of a brief to design a geometric font. It was named after Rose St in Fitzroy, Victoria, where I was living at the time.