leroy’s portfolio

JUKKURUT

Decorative, thin, and flowing font.

Jukkurut is caps-only font that comes in Latin and Russian Cyrillic with additional letters (ҕ, ҥ, ө, һ, ү, җ, ң, ә).

Download on Gumroad.

2024-ongoing (WIP)

garden of glyphs

De Groene Bedstee is a tunnel made out of beech trees.

It is located in the Mariendaal, a country estate in between Oosterbeek and Arnhem.

Groene Bedstee spreads out around 300 meters long, and exists currently as a spot associated with love and romance - due to the secretive nature of the place which turned it into a date spot.

garden of glyphs is a project dedicated to the place and its history, and includes a typeface inspired by arborglyphs, as well as the passing of time.

The speculative stories about the people leaving tree carvings are engraved on wooden signs with the typeface that changes and grows over time.

Plywood, laser engraving.

2024

suruj

Sakha typeface that uses the Latin-based script of Semyon Novgorodov and Cyrillic keyboard with Sakha letters.  

Designed as a more balanced version for typesetting books and longer texts. The font uses a variety of ligatures and exists as lowercase only.

The printed specimen showcases different ways of typesetting poetry, fiction, and articles written by Sakha authors.

2024-ongoing (WIP)

ojuu

Visual research into Sakha patterns/ornaments using linocut printing technique.

The final print is made using 12 separate lino blocks that use common motifs inspired by nature - sun, lyre, plants and flowers.

Hand-printed with water-based inks on Recystar 250g paper.

2024

going home

A short animation made as a love letter to Sakha Republic and its capital, Yakutsk.

The main focus was the feeling of homesickness and missing very specific things about one's home and culture.

With time it became less so about the place itself and more about things from the culture of Sakha people in general.

Watch here.

2023