Rebecca Cheng
Song Latin
Source material: SongTi 宋体, earliest Chinese font tracing back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) ; Tschörtner Antiqua published by VEB Typoart in 1955. Designed by Hellmuth Tschörtner
Spring semester 2025
Song Latin is a serif typeface inspired by the structure and spirit of the classic Chinese typeface SongTi, reimagined for the Latin alphabet. Designed to pair harmoniously with Chinese type, it captures the crispness and rhythm of SongTi through subtle calligraphic influence, echoing the brushstrokes and pattern of traditional Chinese print. Blending cultural reference with typographic clarity, Song Latin has a contemporary voice rooted in classical rhythm, ideal for bilingual typesetting and cross-cultural design.
These student typeface designs created at Yale School of Art are noncommercial academic projects, commonly revivals or reinterpretations of historical typefaces. Read more about this typeface design course at Yale School of Art.
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