Typeface for the Graphic Design Walk
A blackletter drawn in a single public session
Birdy is a single-style inline blackletter typeface designed live by Veronika Burian during the Graphic Design Walk in London, organised by GraphicBirdWatching. The concept was sparked by the inline blackletter styling of the Gul beer label from Iceland. Drawn in one day with a projector so the audience could observe and ask questions in real time, the face was subsequently released as a free download. It later appeared at the Blacklecker exhibition in Berlin, served as the first header typeface for Alphabettes, and was produced as an iron-on sticker at Typo Berlin.
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- Blackletter was chosen as the style because it seemed feasible to complete within a single event day.
- A live projector feed let the audience follow letter-drawing decisions and ask questions directly about the design process.
- The Gul beer label's inline blackletter served as the stylistic reference point for the typeface.
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