Jaeden Fuller

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack

TYPEFACE DESIGN

Landline Mono was developed for use with landline telephones. The concept was born when I realized that most touchtone telephones layed out their type in a highly gridded way but were not using a monospaced font. Because of this, the typography on these phones consistently suffered from weird spacing inconsistencies on their buttons.

In the process of development, I decided to widen the scope of the typeface’s purpose to also include print. Above all that however, Landline Mono is a wide monospace with a little bit of a retrofuturistic twist in each and every glyph!

ASCII art image of phones using the Landline Mono typeface
Gridded image showing every glyph in Landline Mono
Poster using Landline Mono and ASCII art of a phone
Touchtone telephone with using Landline Mono for its buttons
Visual studio code using Landline Mono as the typeface
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic

TYPOGRAPHY

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PRINT DESIGN

Punchcard is a typeface developed as an abstraction of InconsolataThe abstraction process fully embraces the monospace design of Inconsolata, as well as one of Inconsolata’s intended uses as a programming typeface.

The abstraction process starts with a 3×3 grid of circles, which defines the size of each glyph. The top left circle is used to indicate the case of the letter, filled in for uppercase and empty for lowercase. The two circles under that one are filled and connected to start the stroke of the letterform.

Following this the rest of the grid is punched in according to the last six digits of the glyphs binary code. As an example, the letter ‘G’ has a binary code of 01000111. All the 1’s in the last six digits of the binary code are used to fill in their respective circles in the grid, whereas all the 0’s remain empty.

Spreads from punchcards type book
Spread from the punchcard book displaying the glyph design for the capital and lowercase g
USB using the punchcard typeface
Tote bag using the punchcard typeface
Floppy disk using the punchcard typeface alongside a graphic

Y’ello! I’m Jaeden, a graphic designer from Winnipeg, MB. I’m interested in animation, illustration & editorial design.

Black & white headshot of Jaeden Fuller

Shoot me an email for any design inquiries (or anything else)!