Doppie Dik Typeface

Doppie Dik Bold New Typeface

The original student project

When I was a student we were tasked to design a typeface.  I made the typeface by cutting the letterforms from the lids of soft cans.  It consisted of the 26 letterforms of the alphabet.  I have always had a vision to expand the typeface into a full set, with numerals, special characters and punctuation marks.  I finally set aside some time to re-design the typeface into a more refined piece of work.

hy het my lief

The typeface is finally complete! I am quite pleased that I was able to figure out how to save a version compatible for pc & mac. I took the inspiration of the design from my teenage school desk doodles: does he love me, does he not? To dare to hope this love is eternal. It is also the motivation behind the name of the typeface - 'hy het my lief' which is Afrikaans for 'he loves me'.
It is a very good exercise to design a face; to appreciate each letterform as a single unit, whilst also consider it as an ingredient to the sum of the parts (not even mentioning kerning pairs). I've also included special glyphs of all the vowels (umlaut, grave, accent, circumflex), the numerals & some essential punctuation marks (full stop, comma, brackets, curly brace, question mark, exclamation mark, hyphen & forward slash). I feel quite satisfied with the result.

May you have a blessed festive season!
Love,
E