Lydia

by Matthew | Feb 22, 2024 | design, news, process

Beginning the work on a sans serif display font entitled Lydia. Lydia is based on the use of a flat chisel brush to create a small library of basic strokes, when combined create the letterforms. The original source provides for a limited upper case character set. The initial release will add some basic punctations and numerals when released later next month.

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