Typographic Variable
An expressive journey through shifting states and visual conditions.
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Client: RIT VCDE 708 (Typography)
Date: October 2023
Duration: 3 weeks
Design Background
Typographic Variable is a study in transformation—thirty-five compositions across seven shifting conditions, inspired by selected excerpts from Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style. Set in Bodoni and Avenir, the work explores tension and harmony between two contrasting typographic voices: the dramatic elegance of Bodoni and the geometric clarity of Avenir.
Each spread becomes an experiment in form and feeling—type stretched, fractured, repeated, or restrained. The book invites readers to experience typography not as static text, but as a living system responding to pressure, rhythm, and change. It’s a visual dialogue between control and chaos, tradition and reinterpretation, where meaning is found not just in words, but in the space between them.
