Judges’ Comments

• Wujin Sim

  This typeface successfully captures the concept of wavy letters—a seemingly simple idea in words, but difficult to execute. Creating 45-degree angles to vertical lines allows the stems to evenly distribute across various characters, creating a stable design with a touch of flair. Although the alphanumerics and punctuation marks lack the same charm as the Hangeul characters, it remains a very interesting typeface, especially when looking at characters like “배” and “베.”

• Sulki Choi

  At a small font size, it appears to look like Heullim (a cursive stroke), while enlarged appears pixelated. It is truly fascinating how the polar opposite styles of Heullim and pixel coexist in one typeface. The principles in forming the characters are not consistent and somewhat arbitrary, but this very feature highlights the organic, irregular impression similar to handwriting.

• Bon Min

  This is an interesting attempt at adding partial slants to the strokes and giving the entire text a dynamic feel. It reminds us of the scrolling italicized text on LED display boards. If this approach were applied in Jenny Holzer’s works using Hangeul, it could yield fascinating results.