Grez Typeface

Grez is a new typeface by Ulrika Hellberg created entirely from shapes cut out in black paper. It is a typeface made by hand, with the full functionality of a modern digital font. With a residency grant from Svenska Tecknare Ulrika spent two weeks in Grez-sur-Loing, a small village close to Paris, with a history as an international artists’ colony. ”I started out without a clear plan, making classical drawings by the river. In the evenings, I would watch Glyphs-tutorials. At one point, I started cutting out letterforms from paper. It worked best with black paper, but since I didn’t bring any, I painted white paper with black acrylic. I put together an alphabet from A to Z, that I collected in my notebook. To guide my process I set up two rules. 1. Paper, scissors and glue stick to be used only (no sketching or use of ruler). 2. No shapes to be drawn directly in Glyphs.” 

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