The modular model consist of lines in an image of a pentagon with a five-wing-star in the middle. They fit together since they are all come from lines in the modular model. When I started with this modular model, I already know that it will be very challenging since the limit is very narrowed. For the capitals, I want to use the maximum height for all of them but I could not think of ways to make some of the letter with that height. For that reason, some of them only as high as from the base line to the orange line, they did not use the lines from the “cap” of the modular model (they are m, n, u, w, x, y and z). For the lower case, some of them look chaotic but they are the only ways I can think of to make them from the modular system. Especially the lower case k, it is the capital but with shorter length, I could not think of a way to make it look more like a lower case k. The h is a very good example that succeeded in this, the capital and lowercase are very distinctive and easy to recognize which one is which.
I would say this modular typeface is very unique and eccentric. I believe the most interesting thing about it is how they are all come from a very limited modular model. Because the modular system is a star, it may suitable for something related to astronomy.
I believe that similarity is one of the important aspect for my design, it is obvious where are all the letter come from, it makes them looks strange but in the same way. Another aspect is simplicity. The letters only consist of black lines but they are still readable and stylized in a unique way.
Ascenders has the same height, I did not rotate the letters that has ascenders because I like the style in that way. But for the descenders, they looks really strange if I keep them in the original position, so I rotated it to straighten them. Overall, The weight and contrast are the same since they are just black lines, but the width, posture and height especially with the lower case can be chaotic, however because of the limited modular system, I am happy to how it turns out at the end.
Phuctran DTC 336 