Title: Isoblocks
2024

About: Isoblocks is an isometric block font intended for display use. It experiments with differing dimensionality and depth perspective giving the typeface a 3D “off-the-paper” visual effect.

The design is loosely based off of a page from Romano Hänni’s book It is Bitter to Leave Your Home where the author used a repeating box-like form with simple variations to create visual rhythm within typography. Isoblocks is constructed entirely from straight lines and maintains a consistent height and width across the characters with a unique type size for capitals, lowercase and numeric characters.

Each character showcases one of the four unique dimensional perspectives which is rotated across the typeface based on common letter pairings. The opposing depth between characters creates an illusion of movement and variation in x-height. Isoblocks is designed with a kerning value of 0em to ensure that letters sit edge-to-edge, seamlessly contrasting one another in isometric perspective. The altering depth perspective allows words to rise, pop, and shrink on the page, achieving a dynamic and harmonious visual experience.

Technology/Software:
- Glyphs Mini
- Adobe Illustrator