This project is a typeface/font project called “Baybayin Neue”. It is a font family that consists of 8 weights and 8 italic style variants.Baybayin used to be one of the dominant writing systems used on the island we now know as the Philippines. It was a pre-colonial writing system and was phased out for the Latin Alphabet we use today. In the past couple of decades there have been a growing number of Filipinos championing and advocating to bring Baybayin back. So much so that in 2018 the Philippines acknowledged Baybayin as the national writing system of the Philippines. This project is my way giving back and contributing to the Baybayin Revival Movement within the Filipino community. My ultimate dream for this font is for it to be widely adopted in the Philippines and by the Filipino Diaspora; being used in transit systems, airports, museums, galleries, schools, local businesses, and more.
