8eyes Type Foundry — Gallery Show

8eyes Type Foundry — Gallery Show

An opening show and exhibition for 8eyes Type Foundry, designed by four friends to showcase the display typefaces we created in the spring of 2017. Advised by Type Designer & Calligrapher, Richard Lipton.

Boba gives us strength. Glasses give us sight.- Ruth Lin

This started as an excuse to spend hours fussing over typefaces. My friends were truly the best collaborators and I am forever grateful for this project. Each of us created very fun display typefaces, which culminated in an interactive/gallery type specimen. We all wear glasses so our gallery show and name of our foundry was heavily inspired by eye wear/optics.

Website Type SpecimenRuth Lin

Type Designers | Gallery/Space Designers | Graphic DesignersRuth Lin, Kaitlyn Nee, May Kodama & Taryn Oshiro-Wachi.

Advisor | InstructorRichard Lipton

8eyes Type Foundry — Gallery Show

8eyes Type Foundry — Gallery Show

An opening show and exhibition for 8eyes Type Foundry, designed by four friends to showcase the display typefaces we created in the spring of 2017. Advised by Type Designer & Calligrapher, Richard Lipton.

Boba gives us strength. Glasses give us sight.
- Ruth Lin

This started as an excuse to spend hours fussing over letters. My friends were truly the best collaborators and I am forever grateful for this project. Each of us created very eye-catching display typefaces, which culminated in an interactive/gallery type specimen. Those who attended the Gallery were encouraged to walk thru the piles of proofs, read each character on the giant eye chart, walk in-between the fallen letters, and hopefully leave the experience with a differnt outlook on type.

For this gallery show, we were each responsible for designing one typeface and figuring out how to make a specimen to present it. Each installation was a collaboration between all of us. We were able to work with a variety of different mediums from digital to print.

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