Hans Steinbrecher / ITP
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Letterforms

ITPG-GT 2005 Visual Language taught by Dalit Shalom

This post explores monograms and expressive words through the letterforms themselves.

Typographic explorations of my name, using connected strokes and contrasting letter shapes. Illustrator tutorial.

Five black-and-white typographic explorations of Hans Steinbrecher, arranged in four lines with connected strokes and contrasting letter shapes.
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These compositions explore CODE and LOVE through the letterforms themselves, using shared strokes and negative space.

Three arrangements of CODE above LOVE, exploring connected letter strokes and filled negative spaces.
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LOVE CODE set on one line in black, with shared horizontal strokes and filled spaces connecting the letterforms.
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Related viewing: Martina Flor's TED talk, “The Secret Language of Letter Design”, in Spanish with captions available.