SansGlasses

Sansglasses was a font concept project made to be developed for people with astigmatism or similar visual problems without always needing their visual aids to read. Using detailed recorded field notes and personal observation, the font was designed so that the observed and recorded “word fuzz“ could be used purposefully within the design to bleed into itself rather than to the letter or word next to it.

Project type

Sans Font Concept

Date

2023

Location

SouthBank

Brief

Sansglasses was a font concept project made to be developed for people with astigmatism or similar visual problems without always needing their visual aids to read. Using detailed recorded field notes and personal observation, the font was designed so that the observed and recorded “word fuzz“ could be used purposefully within the design to bleed into itself rather than to the letter or word next to it.

Why?

I developed this font specifically because nearing the time of when this font was created, 34.7% of people world wide have Astigmatism (Dreyer et al., 2025). And I am personally one of these individuals. I wanted a way to see without always needing my glasses, and thought that perhaps I could dust off and create a concept font in which I could do that. And this, is the result of that.

Programs used

Adobe Illustrator and Indesign

Time Frame

3 ~ 6 weeks