Janessa works within communication design, integrating creative coding into her practice. She approaches design as a way to surface what often goes unnoticed, using systems to make these ideas visible. Her latest work looks beyond the final form of handwriting, building tools that translate the act of writing into typographic systems shaped by each user rather than predefined. Beyond design, she is an artist exploring resin art and making, reimagining how everyday materials can take on new forms and purpose.
Behavioural Glyphs of Handwriting
Reframing handwriting as gesture, realised through a personalised typographic system.
Behavioural Glyphs of Handwriting investigates handwriting as embodied gesture, focusing on how it is written rather than the visual trace. Behavioural signals such as stroke direction, pressure, and hesitation are reconstructed into glyphs, grounding typographic identity in handwriting behaviour. Through an interactive web-based tool, users input their handwriting to generate a personalised glyph system, further customised and tested as a functioning typeface before downloading. For designers exploring personal branding and typographic identity, the project proposes an approach where identity is shaped by how you write.
