04
Feb
Explore the lettering and calligraphy accounts collected in Moodmen Font’s original reading list, with different approaches to drawing and using letterforms.
27
Jan
Hong Kong Economic Journal discusses Reborn’s forms, written Cantonese and early crowdfunding in this January 2022 interview archive.
14
Jan
Orange News discusses Reborn’s early crowdfunding, stroke variants and the difference between lettering and a typeface. Interview archive, January 2022.
24
Nov
Notes on the Hong Kong lettering exhibition 繁而美的距離 and the relationship between Chinese letterforms, language and visual expression.
09
Nov
A self-initiated Chinese wordmark study for Horlicks, exploring malt and the movement of stirring. This is a design study, not a client commission.
23
Sep
The Initium interviews Roy Chan about Hong Kong letterforms, local culture and Reborn’s angular design. An interview archive from September 2021.
09
Sep
Look at Chinese display lettering in 1970s and 1980s print advertising, and how lettering for a headline differs from a reusable font.
02
Sep
A Chinese wordmark study comparing the balance, component placement and diagonal angles of 維 and 奶. An optical design exercise, not a client case study.
25
Aug
P-articles interviews Roy Chan about Reborn, Song and gothic forms, and Hong Kong’s typographic vocabulary. Read the original interview context.
20
Aug
Five reading recommendations for getting to know letterforms, typography and the culture of making and using type, selected by Moodmen Font.
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