Dec. 12, 2018, 4 a.m.

📓 Release notes: The design of Study

Discover the journey of turning Ruzicka's hand-painted alphabet into a digital typeface family.

News from XYZ Type

The original S and s of Study overlaid with the digital version

Resuming where Ruzicka left off

Released last month, Jesse Ragan's Study is the result of a hypothetical dialogue with Rudolph Ruzicka. In a new post on our site, Jesse details the process behind bringing the design from a hand-painted alphabet to a comprehensive digital typeface family. With historical background and analysis of design decisions, the piece provides a personal look at how one typeface was made.

Read the full post ☛

Try the Study type family ☛

Screen shot of Study being designed

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