Marnock Typeface
The brief was to create a working typeface based off a piece of architecture. Sticking with my home town, I took the Sheffield Botanical Gardens for my inspiration. ‘Marnock’ is a typeface inspired by the main building but also the gardens. It is named after the Garden’s designer, Robert Marnock. It aims to bring a modern aspect to the Gardens, taking it from the 19th Century to the 21st Century.
When the Gardens were built in 1836, pleasure gardens were very popular with young adults. As the Gardens are currently situated in a student-heavy area of Sheffield, I felt it was necessary to create a modern, sans-serif font to appeal to this young adult audience. To maintain the ornamental craft on the building, and the arts and crafts era, I created a decorative font that can be used throughout the Gardens as an alternative.
The main feature of the typeface are its diagonal terminals, which follow the same angle as the pitched roofs. The bars and curves of the typeface follow the same angle as the domed roofs.
The type specimen showcases the details of the font, how it was made and how it works in use. It is hand bound in a coptic stitch to link to the arts and crafts era of the building, and features decorative end papers. Printed on 110gsm Cartridge paper and 300gsm Inspira card.
Showing how Marnock could work within the Gardens.
