For my diploma project, I designed a variable typeface that doesn’t change in physical space (height, width), but over time — reflecting the process of aging.
The concept is somewhat complex, as aging is a temporal issue, yet its visual manifestation — the appearance of wrinkles — is a tactile, spatial distortion.
To present the typeface, I designed this publication, in which the central section demonstrates what I believe to be its most fitting application.
In the publication, I reinterpret Sándor Csoóri’s poem My Mother Is a Black Rose, which ties closely to the themes of aging, time passing, and the subjects involved in the design. For the illustrations, I used a digitized engraving based on my grandmother’s hand and created visual textures from the skin on her hand. Through this, I aimed to reference both the poem and the essence of the overall concept.