Alexandra Thornber

Inspiration of the typeface Dalloway comes from Virginia Woolf’s novel “Mrs. Dalloway”. Some calligraphic features are incorporated to add humanity to this typeface. Because Woolf’s writing style is very sentimental and personal, which somehow reminds me of the feeling of reading someone’s dairy. Some other features of this typeface takes inspiration from flowers and plants, which is another influence from the book. Flower appears in the first sentence of the novel and works as an important symbol throughout the whole story.

Slab-serif typeface, with pulsating and flexible forms, which gives the font its humanistic character.

Ye Carbon crystallized into its forms in search for graphic language that would represent a sense of matter, of letters written by hand. The delicate finishes at the edges of the letters, and the flexibility of the of shapes, gives a feeling of matter, and bring the font to life. Ye Carbon will be a wonderful tool for variety of uses, thanks to its neat nature, and its forms in motion vibe, a rare and winning combination.