Suara Tukang Tua
Typeface Design
Suara Tukang Tua : the old constructor’s voice
This typeface is an exploration of the physicality of voice and ornamentation of the Rumah Gadang, a traditional house of Minangkabau, through typography.
The architecture of this house is not recorded through drawings or formal texts, but fossilised in voice through poems and song that shape both memory and matter. The forms of this typeface is inspired by its ornamentation and musical notations to explore physicality in letterform of this oral tradition.
This typeface is an exploration of the physicality of voice and ornamentation of the Rumah Gadang, a traditional house of Minangkabau, through typography.
The architecture of this house is not recorded through drawings or formal texts, but fossilised in voice through poems and song that shape both memory and matter. The forms of this typeface is inspired by its ornamentation and musical notations to explore physicality in letterform of this oral tradition.