Design

Ever since I was a child I have been intrigued by my dad’s collection of old glass bottles. I am interested in the unique colours and shapes but mainly the typography. I am fascinated by the way sunlight and glass react together, enabling the letters to generate unintentional forms. The letters change with shadows, reflections, air bubbles and chips.

I decided to revive some elements from the typography on a selection of bottles by creating a display font. The font consists of Upper and Lower capitals since they are commonly used on older glass bottles. A layer has also been created to represent the highlights and 3 dimensional forms of the lettering embossed in the glass.

The font has been created to modernize and revive elements of the old style type found on historic glass packaging, so it can be used on contemporary packaging and design.