A confluence of typestyles
Blackletter type was the confluence of two forces: the botanical, and the crystalline. I attempted to modernize the forms to conform to modern styles of legibility.
Academic type
Funded by an academic research grant I framed blackletter geometry within the proportions inspired by Robert Slimbach’s Adobe Garamond. The concept, development, and final typeface were presented at the Minnesota Collegiate Honors Symposium. To view the process and download the latest version of Melic go to reedenger.com/melic.