The font doesn’t stay in just one shape. There were types of engraving in places such as stones, wood, and keel, and as paper and printing skills developed, there were printing types of wood type, metal type, and photographic type. The font became more efficient and readable according to the environment as if it were evolving, and at the same time, it has changed into an aesthetic type. In the late 1970s, personal computers appeared, and the font environment gradually moved from paper to screen. During this process, the San-serif type successfully evolved to fit the screen, but the Serif type stagnated.

Maru Buri was designed by sharing and reflecting opinions with several users on the Serif type, which is being shunned on the screen. Starting with preliminary research in 2018, we introduce the four-year record of the Maru Buri font design process to be published on Hangeul Day in 2021. We hope that through Maru Buri, the digital visual culture will be more organized as who we are, and the unique aesthetics of Hangeul can bloom in digital devices.

• Digital print, projection
• 1400 × 8055 × 880mm
• 2021