Category: Making

This is a written (and expanded) version of the talk I gave, titled “Meaningless and Inhuman Gestures: Computational Explorations in Asemic Writing”, in Ligatures 2025. One subject that I’ve been chewing on for decades now, is the mechanics of writing: how a stroke is produced, how the tools and its manipulation change its modulation, how […]

0. Introduction If you ended up here, you probably heard about Optician Sans. I mean, it’s everywhere, from Fast Company to Gizmodo, introducing me to the experience of finding time to do e-mail and podcast interviews. I have even considered turning Behance notifications off, due to the constant phone buzzing (yes, I have now turned […]

1. Concept Grafista is (semi-)monospaced typeface that has two sets: a text typeface and a texture library. The reason why I called it semi-monospaced is because these two sets have different widths: the text set’s width is half of the textures’ one, making it possible to combine both in the same text box. The idea […]

Part I | Part II | Part III Welcome back to this series about the production of Maximal. If you’re a newcomer, don’t forget to check Part I and Part II, so you know where you’re at; or better, what we’re talking about here. This article is about programming. Since we’re dealing with such a […]

Part I | Part II | Part III I hope you guys had a great Easter (if you’re culturally inclined for such practice – if not, I hope you had a great week). So, here we are, back on track. In the previous post, we talked about some preparatory steps regarding the conceptualization of the font […]

Part I | Part II | Part III 0. Introduction Today, while I was waking up, I came up with an idea on how to do something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. But before I tell you what the idea was, let me contextualize you. I’ve been wanting to cover, log […]

Edit: Since the release of this article, a couple of things changed: the project is now called Typerobics and it has a dedicated microsite! If you’ve been paying attention to my Facebook or Twitter feeds (or even Behance, but not as much up-to-date), you’ve certainly noticed that I’ve been posting a custom lettered word (almost) […]