Experimental Font Design

This typeface design is based on Nüshu, a writing system created by women in Jiangyang southern China, to against the prohibition of formal education toward women during the 19th century. Nüshu’s shape looks like leaves and was used to be sewn on fans and clothing as decorative patterns. I extracted the calligraphic strokes from Nüshu and rearranged them into the English alphabet in cursive handwriting.