XENO-TYPE

Modular Typeface Design

Xeno-Type is the name of a custom modular typeface designed and applied to a type driven poster. In an effort to showcase the typeface’s more alien-like forms and qualities, it seemed fitting to use Xeno-Type to sponsor a lecture series about exposing recently discovered alien technology.

Fall 2020

The Typeface
This unique design carries an aesthetic of foreign symbols, yet feels familiar at the same time. To me, Xeno-Type feels close and understandable, but given the right context in a composition, can feel like a way to communicate with extraterrestrial life.

The Poster
Given the revealing and incriminating nature of the poster, I wanted it to look like someone discovered a beaten-up, and secretive redacted government file, which was attempting to hide the truth from the public with a bureaucratic sloppy marker.