SmallCaps

Hello to you too

You’ve made it this far, which I can’t help feeling is an excellent start.

I’m Tom, a British designer now based in Singapore. My work usually comes back to the same thing: storytelling. Whether it is graphic design, photography, or the very site you find yourself on now,

Since graduating, I’ve worked in a design agency in London, moved to Singapore, and spent time in the worlds of events and coffee, which may be less relevant, buuttt it’s my website, so it stays.

I’m interested in work that gives people something to engage hence why I’m drawn to modular design. It feels alive. It can be moved through, fiddled with, affected, and responded to, whether physical, digital, or somewhere in between.

Lately, I’ve been exploring UX, while photography has stayed close by. I’m especially interested in how places feel, how people move through them, and the details that make somewhere feel like itself.

Anyway, enough talking from me. Have your way with the site, and if you want to chat, the usual channels are below.

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Brief

The aim here was to properly understand typeface design through practice, learning by building a typeface from the ground up. That meant moving through research, form exploration, and refinement, using the process as both a creative exploration and a practical introduction to the fundamentals of type design.

Idea

Inspired by a very old type specimen book, I set out to design a typeface that nods to classic letterforms while bringing in a few subtle contemporary touches. The focus is mainly on capital letters, drawing on traditional serif structures.

To balance that with a more modern feel, I brought in some sans serif characteristics, like consistent stem widths across the characters. The serifs stay uniform throughout, each one formed with a smooth 45° curve to keep the whole thing feeling cohesive and refined.

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