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Clarendon URW Typeface Study
Keywords:
Clarendon Type, Typeface Exploration, Type Anatomy
Channels:
Print type book, Visual documentation, Research
Decrisption
When I first started this project, I thought it would be straightforward—just putting the Clarendon
URW letters in order and labeling their parts. But the deeper I looked, the more complicated it
became. The curve of a shoulder, the weight of a stroke, even the way two lines connected—suddenly
One of the hardest parts was deciding what to keep and what to leave out. Sometimes I wanted to
show everything I noticed, but that only made the pages feel heavy. Other times I cut too much, and
the work lost its meaning. I also kept running into the question of balance: how do I make a page
look interesting without distracting from the type itself?
I went through many versions, reworking layouts again and again, never fully satisfied. In the end, I
chose this version because it felt like the typeface was guiding me instead of me forcing it. The
process taught me patience, but more than that, it taught me to listen—to see design not just as
something I make, but as something I can learn from