The document describes a process of designing letters and their counterforms through addition and subtraction of geometric modules. Key steps include: 1) Starting with a triangle module that is used to both subtract from and add to initial letter shapes. 2) Elongating and unifying letterforms by removing spaces between modules. 3) Combining the triangle module with a uniform quadratic curve to guide the reader's eye and differentiate certain letters.

1. Stanford Rosenthal

3. “I start with a block of marble
and I chop off what I don’t need”
- Auguste Rodin

4. 45°
This triangle
I use it many times.
is a module.

5. Sometimes I start with a block
and subtract the module.
Other times I start with nothing
and add the module.

7. W renders as three distinct
shapes, with the middle shape
off-grid vertically and
horizontally. The counterform
looks like a downward arrow.
Something is missing.

8. 45°
This is a uniform quadratic curve
based on the triangle.

9. oh,give me the curves.

10. By adding spaces, I can easily
move the modules around. The
O counterform becomes the
basis of all other counterforms.

11. With spaces removed, W needs to be solidified into
one shape and K needs to lose some weight.
Elongate & unify the letterforms.
Elongate the counterforms.

12. Now I combine the curve and the triangle.
To guide the reader forward, I chop a triangle
off the top-left of each letter.

13. These letters’ counterforms are open at the top,
so a top-left chop would detract.
V is chopped all around to differientiate from U.

14. Clockwise from the top, I move
outward the upper, right, lower,
and left edges of the counter-
forms. The various movements
uniquely affect line-weight.

16. Chopd could be used for technology, science fiction,
or a karate school.
ninjaKarate Training School
sever institute
of technology

17. George Orwell
animal
farm