2008, single weight, available for free.
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An experimental hairline serif type. Influenced (or inspired) by the 1950s advertising typography to a certain degree. I didn’t spend much time on this and it was eventually unfinished because I soon found out that similar designs already exist, and that made me rather woebegone actually.
Incognita
2007, single weight, available for free.
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An experiment of using traditional geometric shapes to construct letters (shapes). The letters were initially drawn on a sketchbook, and when I finally got the time to digitalize them, I finished this font in one day. It was kind of silly, to be honest.
Chanor Sans
2008, regular weight released for free.
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This is actually my first experiment with OpenType fonts. At the beginning it was increasingly frustrating as I plodded through all those OpenType tags and tried to figure out everything, fortunately the programming part wasn’t that hard for me since I already had programming experience. This font is also an attempt at blending sans and serif, but the proportions are all messed up.
ULTSans
2007, no longer available.
I was really naive when I attempted to draw letters in Adobe Illustrator and paste them into FontLab. I didn’t know how to deal with vectors yet, due to too much playing around with Photoshop. The curves are awful and the amount of mistakes I had made resulted in the abortion of this typeface.
Melor
Began earlier in 2008, still under development. Available for preview.
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Below are some selected (and cropped) photos from my photoblog. View all of my photos: link.
Gradation
No.2024
No.2034
Great Grandma
Untitled
No.2037
In the Dark
On the Modernity of Our Lives
Solo
Flare the Sea
No.2017
Pureness
Chain
Posts
Untitled
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Regarding the use of my fonts
Those fonts are for personal use only. For example, you may use a font for your essay, for your school project, for your personal website and etc... In case you want to use a font for an organization that is non-profit, I would prefer you let me know first. Commercial use is allowed ONLY under authorization from the me directly. For example, you may not use a font in your project for a corporation, or use it in a competition for awards and etc. without asking for my permission first. I am NOT responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any consequence caused or alleged to be caused by any of my fonts.
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Miphol studio is a one-person experimental independent studio, specified in typography and photography, and it is owned by me—Marica.
About the designer
I currently study and live in Miami, FL, United States. I also have a home in Shenzhen and in HongKong, which I visits (and misses) occasionally. My works mainly focus on type design, abstract and experimental photography, and computer-human interaction—user interface design. Further works include industrial design and 3D concept art (not those random explosive shapes though). I also do web design and some coding, and I am very concerned about the development of internet.
I believe that the responsibility of designer is to act as a medium through which ideas transform into real objects, and a successful transformation requires efforts from both the designer and the client, but unfortunately one of them is perpetually unavailable.
About the name miphol
For many reasons, I decided to change the name and domain of my studio, which was once named
Marica Typographic Design Studio. After making the decision I went on a crazy hunt for a new name, and finally came up with this (domain) name that almost no one has ever thought of.
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Visit my personal blog: muse.
Currently this website is still in beta, and IE 6.0- users may have display problems such as incorrect display of transparent .png images and etc. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
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