︎ Be original with your typeface
There’s a place for both expressive and legible typography. In designing typefaces, Sarah tends towards the expressive, often looking to print for inspiration.
1. Bokeret Display
A self-directed Hebrew/English typeface meant to play on the idea of reverse contrast.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7d6c3c27e044c09846e15d237b683970359dd469fd1b3a4a8dc483ecd612d2f/ezgif-3-2f7d34ed5546.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ccc27d4f0f1f6740ed9c840903734f082c1f1c5bf7f74044db3d0b427710466/Frame-14.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57b1970eee2eca028f6740063a93f895ba1b97d06394212a1bd5f11012d165da/ezgif-3-0379c4fce0b3.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6955923c87fd2f085456aad6948759eff8179fe34328cad7fc0b5a07f29cfb12/Frame-13.jpg)
2. Otrabanda Medium
A bespoke font inspired by Sarah’s parents’ traveling theater company called Otrabanda. The group toured the Mississippi river for ten summers by raft from St. Louis to New Orleans.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d851d8f096c1dc885465646f200ce243c61d765b6a48ab0867c0a7bb1cad5dc/IG-OTRA-08.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12ddb6bb7c03678234dc61f1b33dbbf4a22d2a863fdd334744b4a40a59cad1d4/IG-OTRA-07.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93da18b90304c2a2a1848b8d74a21e9220549c89edd5319bb6e7e0f0f6d80916/IG-OTRA-11.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a692324a70b3c61a3df9ef8d77dddc583ce37f243c1d24208ea23257262e664c/IG-OTRA-12.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a235ed445846948ac533ce6cb58a2b2ecdb4eb99b47d57709a3156ece99d8a61/IG-OTRA-09.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/213abae239b5b3d02cc3e65541aa53e6073995c76ff76f01362da45c7ebcf535/ka-pin-mockup.png)
Role: Creative direction and type design
Advisor: Troy Leister
Featured in: AIGA Philadelphia’s Locally Sourced
Advisor: Troy Leister
Featured in: AIGA Philadelphia’s Locally Sourced
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