✎ Kelsey Elder

_{type + tech + teaching}

is a typographer and educator based in Pittsburgh, PA. When he’s not teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, crafting letters, and/or tinkering on a press, you’ll most likely find him hanging out with his cats.

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① Recent Projects

Variable

teaching

Gravity Racers

typeface + tool

Labore VT

typeface

Emmett Till Memory Project

design advisor

Coterie Baby

logotype + monogram

Melting Metal

publication

Second Shift Autowerks

identity

Meager

typeface

Letter Matters

programming

Dead Bird Letters

transcription + setting

Cards for Loved Ones

lettering + illustration

Ameri-Candied Dreams

supergraphics

Meager

typeface

Meager began its life under the guidance of Hannes Famira during a Type@Cooper course. It takes inspiration from an 1889 Schrifenatlas (type portfolio) published by Verlag von Julius Hoffmann in Stuttgart, Germany. This Schrifenatlas contained collected types by Ludwig Petzendorfer, including two types cut by Bauer & Comp. named ‘Magere Elzevir-Antiqua’ and ‘Magere Elzevir Kursive.’ Meager takes a synthetic approach to the revival of these types. Drawn at 2000 UPM, it’s light and crisp and has soft terminals that are an homage to the letterpress type's soft impression.

Meager is currently being extended into a three-axis variable font (weight, slant, optical size). A demo version (V1) is available for use under a WTFPL license via emailed request.

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