Letters are components of a larger (alphabetic) system that work in tandem to produce a force (language). So why not create a typeface based on gears – those rotating machines that transmit motion? That was the idea behind Font Gear, a typeface created by Kaiho Sho for his senior thesis exhibition at Tamabi.
Sure it’s not the first gear typeface, but it’s certainly the prettiest in my book!
I came across Kaiho Sho while exploring the body of work produced for the 2011 senior thesis exhibition of students from Tama Art University(Tamabi).
See all our posts on student work.
November 6, 2011 at 8:34 pm
I love new typefaces! It’s great to see a Japanese designer creating English typefaces. The question now: where and when is it available?