Azabache - A modular handwritten typeface
Azabache is an open-source font that blends handwritten forms and modular design trends. It was sketched with a trackpad and a custom Processing tool and then translated into oval modules. As a result, its contrast direction counters traditional calligraphy.
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Tunera Type Foundry
Hello everyone! Here's Azabache, the latest typeface release from Tunera Type Foundry!
Azabache ("jet" in Spanish) is a kind of dark mineral that's frequently used to craft art objects. As a word, "azabache" is also used to refer to black things, like black hair.
The Azabache typeface is the result of a research project conducted by Ariel Martín Pérez to look for alternative ways of designing digital typefaces that wouldn't involve drawing the shapes by tracing complex vector paths. Instead, it was first sketched by hand with a trackpad on Processing to lay out the shapes of the whole alphabet. Then, the letter shapes were selected and reproduced using oval modules on Glyphs. This method felt more iterative than conventional type design on the computer, more intuitive too. The result is heavily textured, has traces of the handwritten form but also looks digital and streamlined. It's a kind of a cyborg typeface.
We hope that it'll find its place in your design projects!