Laura Meseguer: digital calligraphy for Playpen Sans

When we say that Playpen Sans is where digital excellence meets casual handwriting, we mean it. A lot of hard work went into making Playpen Sans as easygoing and as technologically capable as it is. In this video interview, friend of the TypeTogether team and award-winning graphic and type designer, Laura MeseguerLaura Meseguer, discusses her involvement in the Playpen Sans project, from starting with a digital tablet, to creating dozens of alternates for each glyph and refining eccentricities into usable characters.

Playpen Sans has seven versions of each casual character, a built-in shuffler so no single shape is repeated in close proximity, and emojis. The result is text with spontaneous inconsistencies that feel fun and organic, all from the basis of Laura’s talented hand drawings and completed by the TypeTogether team. Watch the video interview below.