Industry: Design

Typeface Design for PP Playground

Copperplate tradition reinterpreted for contemporary type

Playground is a contemporary script typeface rooted in classical copperplate calligraphy, initially composed with a pointed nib pen. Its letterforms arise from the intersection of the pen's inherent rhythm, historical calligraphic references, and deliberate structural construction.

Set in Playground

Insights

The typeface originated with pointed-nib pen work, grounding its forms in physical tool logic from the outset.
Letterform decisions were shaped by three simultaneous constraints: tool rhythm, historical calligraphic reference, and precise construction.