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Octagon Variable — a project at the HAW/Finkenau in Hamburg as part of the first year type design introduction class under the guidance of Prof. Pierre Pané-Farré and Simon Thiefes.

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Octagon Variable

This is the repository of the educational type design project Octagon Variable which took place at the HAW Hamburg in 2022 under the guidance of Prof. Pierre Pané-Farré and Simon Thiefes.

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Based on Octagon – a wood type first shown in George Nesbitt’s First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery in 1838 – Octagon Variable is a reimagination of the original design by Edwin Allen as variable font in which the already present spatial illusions are pushed further. It was collaboratively redrawn with students at the design department of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg in 2022 as part of a first year type design introduction class.

The original printing blocks of Octagon The original printing blocks held at the Rob Roy Kelly Collection measure 8 line in size and were produced with the end-cut method. (Photo: ©David Shields)

Participating students

Alexander Royter, Emma Schmalisch, Felix Willnauer, Friederike Temme, Greta Wachholz, Jason Tsiakas, Julia Baskal, Julia Schmidt, Kaja Wetzel, Kateryna Shelevytska, Lara Tamminga, Nina Vierke Liyani, Sania Salem, Sarah-Ann Röhlen, Sofiya Slyusarenko, Stina Scholz, Vanessa Schneider, Zoe Rygus with contributions by Pierre Pané-Farré and Simon Thiefes.

Specimen (Web)

See and try Octagon Variable online at https://haw-type-design.github.io/octagon-variable/

Octagon Specimen (Web)

Specimen (Print)

On the occasion of its release a limited 16-page printed specimen showcasing Octagon Variable has been designed and printed on newsprint. Please get in touch for availability!

Octagon Variable printed specimen

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License

Octagon Variable is made available under the Open Font License. See LICENSE.txt for licensing information.

Acknowledgements

We are particularly grateful to David Shields & Nick Sherman, who provided photographic imagery of original specimen pages and the surviving wood type of Octagon.

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