Amber Li
A first foray into type systems. Larkspur was inspired by the Golden Type (1890) of the Klemscott Press, which was a revival in itself of Nicholas Jenson’s 15th-century type.
Fall 2024 / 9 weeks
Glyphs, Id, Ai
Individual
William Morris was a major player in the Arts and Crafts movement, an artist, writer, textile designer, and towards the end of his life, a type designer with the founding of the Klemscott Press.
The name ‘Larkspur’ comes from the floral plant, as well as being the name of one of Morris and Co.’s most popular wallpaper patterns. The Larkspur pattern, as well as scientific illustrations are used in this type specimen poster.
This typeface is a sharper, more structured take on the Golden Type, modernized with inktraps and stylistic alternates such as the single-looped a and g.
Also included are full punctuation sets, old-style and tabular numbers, as well as two floral ligatures reminiscent of the ones found in the original printings by the press.
A pixel typeface inspired by needlepoint embroidery, with a southern twang; an exercise in Glyphs.
3 weeks
Glyphs
Individual