Portfolio · Kenneth Ormandy

Aburi TORA custom display typeface • 2019
Mark refinements and a custom, high contrast display typeface for Aburi Tora, designed with Glasfurd & Walker.
What’s your proposition? brush tool • 2018
I developed a typographic Paper.js add-on, used as part of a campaign for Plymouth College of Art.
Prospectus type specimen site • 2018
Building a type specimen site to highlight Dave Bailey’s Prospectus typeface, in large and small ways.
SAD Mono • 2018
Drawing on physical and sci-fi influences, I designed a custom display typeface for the Space issue of SAD Mag.
Mort Modern type specimen site • 2018
Riley Cran’s Mort Modern type family, and the story of its namesake, is showcased on this interactive type specimen site.
Faction type specimen site • 2017
I developed the black-and-white type specimen site for Shiva Nallaperumal’s typeface Faction.
Verdura typeface • 2017
A custom typeface I design with Glasfurd & Walker, for the Verdura salads identity.
SAD Slices • 2017
For the cheese-themed issue of SAD Mag, I designed a sliced type family in a series of widths.
DDC Hardware type specimen site • 2017
I designed a series of interactive type specimens for the Draplin Design Co. first typeface, released by Lost Type.
SAD Secrets • 2016
SAD Mag publishes compelling Stories of Art & Design in Vancouver. I designed a custom emoji set, secret code, and decoder for the secret-themed issue.
Johannise typeface • 2016
Johannise is a revival with size-specific considerations, based on Baskerville’s work in 1773, designed during Type@Paris.
Regina Black type specimen site • 2016
I helped Charles&Thorn and Lost Type translate their initial static type specimens into a responsive, interactive type specimen site.
Surge . sh • 2016
I helped launch and was the designer for Surge.sh, a front-end publishing platform currently hosting over 100,000 static sites and web apps.
1403 Vintage Mono Pro type specimen site • 2016
Jeff Kellem, founder of the type foundry Slanted Hall, commissioned me to design and develop this interactive, promotional minisite for his monospaced typeface.
Lettering for SAD Mag • 2015
SAD Mag publishes compelling Stories of Art & Design in Vancouver. I worked on some type and lettering for the high school-themed issue.
Rougemont • 2015
Roguemont is a type family inspired by guilded lettering on the Rougemont Heritage House in the West End of Vancouver, BC. It has seven styles and a consistent width for glyphs across weights.
Type Brigade • 2014
I organise Vancouver’s type design and typography meetup. Every other month, we host two talks, design a custom numeral, and bring together the city’s typomaniacs.