Nuform Type
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Roko Bold

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Roko Light

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Roko Medium

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Form Fader features foundries of the wide world of type
design: OH no Type Co., Contrast Foundry, Beasts of England
Hot Type, Mass Driver, HEX ProjectsVery Cool Fonts and others that inspired Jazzesque, Neue Blues, Slab Rock, Transitional
Country, Neo-Noise, and more — and the type designers who
inspired them. Live performances from the ROKO Studio are
featured as often as possible, and host NuForm Type — enjoys
interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

Form Fader features foundries of the wide world of type
design: OH no Type Co., Contrast Foundry, Beasts of England,
Hot Type, Mass Driver, Very Cool Fonts and others that inspired
Font Funk, Jazzesque, Neue Blues, Slab Rock, Transitional
Country, Neo-Noise, and more — and the type designers who
inspired them. Live performances from the ROKO Studio are
featured as often as possible, and host NuForm Type — enjoys
interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

Form Fader features foundries of the wide world of type
design: OH no Type Co., Contrast Foundry, Beasts of England,
Hot Type, Mass Driver, Very Cool Fonts and others that inspired
Font Funk, Jazzesque, Neue Blues, Slab Rock, Transitional
Country, Neo-Noise, and more — and the type designers who
inspired them. Live performances from the ROKO Studio are
featured as often as possible, and host NuForm Type — enjoys
interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

Form Fader features foundries of the wide world of type design: OH no Type Co., Contrast Foundry, Beasts of England, Hot Type, Mass Driver, Very Cool Fonts and others that inspired Font Funk, Jazzesque, Neue Blues, Slab Rock, Transitional Country, Neo-Noise, and more — and the type designers who inspired them. Live performances from the ROKO Studio are featured as often as possible, and host NuForm Type — enjoys interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

Form Fader features foundries
of the wide world of type design: OH no Type Co., Contrast Foundry, Beasts of England, Hot Type, Mass Driver, Very Cool Fonts and others that inspired Font Funk, Jazzesque, Neue Blues, Slab Rock, Transitional Country, Neo-Noise, and more — and the type designers who inspired them. Live performances from the ROKO Studio are featured as often as possible, and host NuForm Type — enjoys interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

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Roko Light

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ROKO ROKO ROKO

ROKO ROKO

Roko, A 5 weight display that loves to be set tight and party late. Drawn in the spirit of the tigthly letterspaced Lubalin/Carnase geo-sans era with an updated touch.

Roko, A 5 weight display that loves to be set tight and party late. Drawn in the spirit of the tigthly letterspaced Lubalin/Carnase geo-sans era with an updated touch.

Roko, A 5 weight display that loves to be set tight and party late. Drawn in the spirit of the tigthly letterspaced Lubalin/Carnase geo-sans era with an updated touch.

Roko, A 5 weight display that loves to be set tight and party late. Drawn in the spirit of the tigthly letterspaced Lubalin/Carnase geo-sans era with an updated touch.

Roko, A 5 weight display that loves to be set tight and party late. Drawn in the spirit of the tigthly letterspaced Lubalin/Carnase geo-sans era with an updated touch.

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Roko
Process



Every project starts with the same dilemma: where on earth to begin.

The spark for Roko was
the Afrodite logo by Herb Lubalin. The tight letter spacing and geo-sans goodness of this style was the temptation to try and draw Nuform in it. It turned out well enough we made it our logo. The reaction to it was positive that a new temptation arised...

Could this be a typeface?



Album covers are an endless source of type and visual inspiration. This one by Glenn Yarbrough features a hand drawn hairline geo-sans that frame two nudist in a forest. The type seen here felt compatible to the afrodite logo. These two sources informed the type that was drawn while sketching.

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These two examples are offsprings of the source material above. They share similar DNA but the idea was to make a thin and bold version that felt like fraternal twins. The thin weight would be so ultra light its only practical use is when set at a massive display size. The bold would be more practical for a variety of display sizes. The intention was to give the forms just enough personality to make them feel familiar but new.

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In the middle of the Roko process I hit a wall. All the letterforms had too much personality. It’s as if every character of the alphabet was trying to hard to impress the letter next to it. Stepping back I needed
to recalibrate my work strategy. I looked back through several inspiration folders on my computer than contain a random selection of type examples.

In there I found the Domino by Cardinal. This type was
heat stamped onto plastic boxes of dominos.The other example is L and C Hairline, a display typeface made by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase. Each example aided in giving clarity towards the specific letterforms that required having personality.

Feeling optimistic, I turned to a fresh sheet in my sketchbook and began drawing a new series of letterforms based on the examples from above.
Here’s a sampling of the sketches.

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A snapshot of the changes made during the production of Roko. This g lives rent free in my mind. Might have to bring it back on something else in the future. It did inspire the creation of this ↓.

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The hugging r's were all the personality Roko really needed. Sometimes you end up turning over every stone to make sure nothing was left behind. Even when
what you're looking for is
right under your nose.
We do what we do to get through, even if it drives you crazy. 

The hugging r's were all the personality Roko really needed. Sometimes you end up turning over every stone to make sure nothing was left behind. Even when what you're looking for is right under your nose. We do what we do to get through, even if it drives you crazy.

The hugging r's were all the personality Roko really needed. Sometimes you end up turning over every stone to make sure nothing was left behind. Even when what you're looking for is right under your nose. We do what we do to get through, even if it drives you crazy.

The hugging r's were all the personality Roko really needed. Sometimes you end up turning over every stone to make sure nothing was left behind. Even when what you're looking for is right under your nose. We do what we do to get through, even if it drives you crazy. 

The hugging r's were all the personality Roko really needed. Sometimes you end up turning over every stone to make sure nothing was left behind. Even when what you're looking for is right under your nose. We do what we do to get through, even if it drives you crazy. 

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