Free Font* Manifesto

An interactive booklet and web system that let readers keep revising Ellen Lupton’s Manifesto. 



Free Font* ManifestoEditorial, Web, UI/UX
Class project, RISD
Nov 2026

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At ATypI 2006, Ellen Lupton asked “every type foundry to give away one great typeface.” After pushback from type designers, she revised her own words: “every” became “a few,” and “great” became “good.”

That act of revision is the center of my design. Red strike-throughs, handwritten notes, and asterisks carry her edits through print and screen, and invite readers to become editors too. On the website, they can revise her words, reshape her letters, and rename the font. In the booklet, they add their own asterisk stickers.





 
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