Typeface Design: Profora — Tabita Petre

Profora

A typeface to aid the learning of English pronunciation

Project Type

Typeface Design

Tools

Glyphs, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

Audience

English as a second language students and teachers

Objectives

A simple system of diacritics to help ESL students master English pronunciation

Challenges

1. Create and research the most successful set of diacritics

2. A platform to display the typeface in an educational manner

Type Specimen Book

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Exploration and Research

Process

How the letters were formed using Glyphs, attention to detail, and consistency in the practice of creating letter shapes.