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Type design / Modular type
Dater Stamp
A class project exploring modular typefaces, turning the frame of an office date stamp into every letter of the alphabet and the numerals.
The module
The brief was to build a typeface from one repeated module. I chose a self-inking date stamp, the kind found on every office desk. Its metal frame, with the screw and the curved rubber band, stays the same in every letter. Only the thin lines that finish the box change, closing it into an O, cutting it into an E, or crossing it into an X.
From drawing to photograph
The letters started as line drawings, to work out which strokes each one needed. They were then rebuilt from photographs of the real stamp, cut out and finished with the same thin lines, so the letters keep the stamp’s shine and weight.
