TYPEFACE DESIGN
2025 2024 2023
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
NUE YAMAZAKI
GIGGLY GROOVE
INSTAGRAM
WEBSITE
Giggly Groove is a typeface revival originally designed by Barnhart Bros. & Spindler (Type Founders Chicago) in 1901. The typeface is characterized by its wide geometric shapes, short ascenders, short descenders, and rounded corners on every stroke.
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
Lining Gothic type specimen
Lining Gothic type specimen
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
Giggly Groove type specimen book by Nue Yamazaki
Giggly Groove type specimen by Nue Yamazaki
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.