TYPEFACE DESIGN
2025 2024 2023
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
AMANDA MUNDY
ANGULAR ANTIQUA
INSTAGRAM
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Angular Antiqua is a revival typeface inspired by Vojtech Preissig’s typeface, Preissig Antiqua. Preissig (1873–1944) was a Czech typographer, printmaker, designer, illustrator, painter and teacher. His aim in designing the original typeface was ‘to protest against the mechanical roundness and polish of ordinary fonts by making an attempt at impeccable proportions.’ The skeleton of the typeface is essentially that of a traditional old-style type, however, the handmade and fractured energy of its contours strongly evokes a combination of gothic and Cubist design styles. Preissig employed a systematic linear construction method in his design, where he made use of a series of straight wedges following a polygonal framework in incremental proportions in place of conventional rounded strokes.
Angular Antiqua brings a modern take to Preissig’s original design, aiming to streamline the original characteristics, such as the serifs, line weights, contours, glyphs and symbols, and some letterforms themselves.
Angular Antiqua lowercase “a” 3D Type specimen by Amanda Mundy
Specimen: Vojtěch Preissig, Preissig Antiqua, 1924
Specimen: Paul McNeil, The Visual History of Type, 2017
Specimen: Benjamin Franklin, “The Way to Wealth,” 1930
Initial typeface sketch by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua type specimen by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua 3D type specimens by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua 3D type specimens by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua 3D type specimen poster by Amanda MundyAngular Antiqua type specimen by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua type specimen by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua type specimen by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua proportional vs oldstyle figures by Amanda Mundy
Angular Antiqua 3D type specimens by Amanda Mundy
TYPEFACE DESIGN
2025
2024
2023
INSTRUCTOR
Christopher Sleboda
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Amanda Mundy (2025), Ash Wei (2024)
DESIGN
Erica Pritchett · Built with Cargo
ABOUT
This site documents student work from an advanced typeface design course taught by Christopher Sleboda and open to students in the MFA Graphic Design and BFA Graphic Design programs at Boston University, as well as students in the School of Visual Arts—including those in the new Visual Narrative MFA. The course provides a rigorous introduction to the conceptual and technical processes involved in creating original digital typefaces. Students explore the foundations of letterform construction—including structure, proportion, counterform, spacing, and rhythm—while developing their own typefaces.
Through research, sketching, and the use of digital tools like RoboFont, students engage with typographic history and contemporary practice to design functional and expressive typefaces. Each student produces a working font and a printed type specimen. This site showcases the results of that work, reflecting diverse design approaches and a deep engagement with the craft of type design.