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Signifier design information · Klim Type Foundry

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Signifier’s digital immateriality draws on a deeply material past. Acknowledging the processes and tools of digital form-making, I worked consciously with the computer to recast the lead, antimony, and tin of the 17th century Fell Types into ones and zeros. Signifier emerged from this alchemy with Bézier curves and sharp vectors determined by machine logic and a Brutalist ethos.¹ This method can be contrasted with my Untitled Sans design process, which was effectively “unconscious”. English Roman from the Fell Types. Stanley Morison, “The Roman Italic & Black Letter Bequeathed to The University of Oxford by Dr. John Fell”, Typophile Chap Book Nº 25, (1951): 10-11. Signifier began as a revival of English Roman from the Fell Types. The Fell Types are a collection of metal fonts that currently reside at the Oxford University Press. Their storied history is fascinating. In 1668 John Fell installed printing presses at Oxford University. He wanted good fonts for the press, but there wasn’t a

Signifier design information · Klim Type Foundry Skip to content Skip to content Signifier design information Signifier is a Brutalist response to 17 th century typefaces. 4,198 words by Kris Sowersby 26 August 2020 Signifier’ s digital immateriality draws on a deeply material past. Acknowledging the processes and tools of digital form-making, I worked consciously with the computer to recast the lead, antimony, and tin of the 17 th century Fell Types into ones and zeros. Signifier emerged from this alchemy with Bézier curves and sharp vectors determined by machine logic and a Brutalist ethos.

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