Letterform Variations is a book by designer Nigel Cottier, Published by Slanted.

692 pages containing 19,840 letters, all derived from one simple framework. Letterform Variations is a playful study into letterform construction using basic grid and shape based systems, and its potential to generate vast amounts of varying alphabetical outcomes.

ISBN: 978-3-948440-35-0
1st edition 2021

Foreword: Paul McNeil
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Production: KOPA, Lithuania

297x420mm

Mechanically drawn onto archival paper using Posca paint marker.
Each letterform is produced only once. All artworks are individual and unique, signed and numbered.
If you would like to request a particular letterform please request via email here or name the glyph in the Paypal form.

The full collection of Letterform Variations.
10 variable fonts all containing 16 alternatives for each roman symbol.
Each containing a contextual alternates script to make the letterform selection feel random when typed. In total there are over 19,000 characters in this collection all variable between two weights.
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Individual fonts