Tofu Type Foundry

A few words showing the clashing mixture of crazy letterforms.

36 Days

An exquisitely disjointed experiment.

Quick facts

Initial release: 2023

Current version: 1.002

Total styles: 1

Script: Basic Latin

Class: Decorative, lowercase

Design features:
Oldstyle figures
Experimental letterforms
Unique and playful variety

OpenType features:
N/A

Stylistic sets:
N/A

Credits:
Reese Lee—type design and production

The story of 36 Days of Type 2023

Created during the event of the same name, each letter in this font was inspired by a different album from thirty-six unique artists. It’s more type experiment than typeface with all the glyphs combining in an awkward mixture of clashing characters—similar to the note of a serial killer.

The final family is cast of diverse glyphs. Some words work surprisingly well but most are a complete mess with zero cohesion. That’s just what happens you design a collection of beautiful letters instead of a beautiful collection of letters. The font doesn’t work because it was never meant to. I’m still waiting for someone brave enough to set their entire job resume in it. Any takers?

Various letterform ideas scribbled onto paper.
A few examples of rejected designs hastily scribbled into a notebook.

36 Days of Type 2023
type crazy words here

A grid of very different letters in the font.
The word "magic" exploding from the page with colourful lines.
The number 136 showing off the oldstyle figures.

Th–tha–th–that’s all folks!

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