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Yannick de Kalbermatten – Verso

Verso is a typeface family composed of three upright styles: Left, Right, and Ambidextal, and a slanted axis ranging from backslanted to slanted. The project comes from a study of left-handed writing practices and how they adapt to systems designed for right-handed use. This often results in unusual writing positions, with shifts in wrist angle, page rotation, and overall gesture. Informed by a survey of around fifty participants, including twenty-one left-handed writers, Verso highlights recurring strategies such as inverted stroke directions and adjusted writing postures. Rather than opposing left- and right-handed writing, Verso builds a continuous space between them where gesture, direction, and form shift within a single family.

Diploma project (2026)

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by Ruslan Abbas

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Kriszta Bolcsik – TYPE BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS

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Kriszta Bolcsik – TYPE BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS

by Kriszta Bolcsik

The visual language of 9-pin dot matrix printing is not obsolete but unresolved. TYPE BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS emerges from its mechanical output logic, focusing on the structure and behaviour of draft (SSL) printing. This project explores how these low-resolution, mechanically produced forms can inform contemporary type design. It combines historical research with practical experimentation, including the development of custom tools to generate and print glyphs. Through this process, TYPE BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS investigates questions of legibility, rhythm, and system-based construction, aiming to produce a typeface that translates the constraints of obsolete technologies into a contemporary typographic language.
Orlando Brunner – Kadenz Grotesk

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Orlando Brunner – Kadenz Grotesk

by Orlando Brunner

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Katarzyna Friedrich – Material Type

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Katarzyna Friedrich – Material Type

by Katarzyna Friedrich

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Chantal Hochuli – Campo

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Chantal Hochuli – Campo

by Chantal Hochuli

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