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Type Design
2026

Project Overview
Skære is a modular display typeface developed across multiple design courses at Community College of Denver and MSU Denver. Inspired by the geometric forms of mid-century modern furniture, the visual language of 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock album artwork, and the proportions of woodworking, the typeface explores how a consistent set of rules can produce a distinctive and expressive character system.
The design is built around repeated geometry, tight curves, stencil-like cuts, and proportional relationships that give the characters a shared visual structure. Initially developed through analog sketching and digital refinement, the typeface was later expanded beyond its original uppercase and lowercase sets to include numerals and basic punctuation. This progression required revisiting the original construction rules and refining the existing characters to create a more complete and consistent font.
Process
Outcomes
The project resulted in a completed display typeface with uppercase and lowercase characters, numerals, and a basic set of punctuation, exported as a usable OpenType font. The accompanying promotional booklet extends the project into publication design, demonstrating the typeface's visual character and potential applications.
Expanding the original design into a more complete font required more than adding new characters. Existing forms had to be revisited and refined to maintain consistency within the revised proportions and construction rules. This process reinforced the relationship between individual character design and the larger typographic system, demonstrating how a set of visual conventions can provide both structure and flexibility as a typeface develops.









