T3 (2025) → SOY Type
Typeface Development – An Ongoing Study
This project began as an attempt to understand how far a typeface can be pushed beyond its structural stability while still remaining readable. Rather than starting from a fixed system, I approached the design through iteration—testing how different decisions in proportion, weight, and connection would affect the overall rhythm of the alphabet.One of the key challenges was balancing expressive form with legibility. Reducing structural elements, especially vertical strokes, introduced instability across certain letters. Instead of correcting these inconsistencies immediately, I used them as a way to observe how the typeface behaves under pressure—where it holds together and where it begins to break apart.An unexpected moment occurred during the printing process, where the letterforms expanded and fragmented due to output imperfections. This result shifted my perspective: rather than treating precision as the only goal, I began to consider how material behaviour and accidental distortion could become part of the system.
Through this process, the project moved away from being a purely controlled type design towards a more open-ended exploration of form, structure, and transformation. It reflects my early investigation into how a typeface can exist not only as a stable set of characters, but as a dynamic system that responds to both intention and chance.