Piped Type, a Typography Served winning, typographic exploration creating a typeface from found materials. I discovered, after a trip to the hardware store that these copper pipes could be interlocked to form every letter in the alphabet.

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After creating all of the letterforms, and scanning them in, it was time to explore redrawing them digitally. Looking into the subtle ways a smaller, wider or rounded edge impacted legibility.

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