For the 2022 edition of 36 Days of Type, all 36 characters were developed as individual lettermarks with a focus on legibility and clear shape language rather than a single overarching concept. The goal was to strengthen type and lettermark design skills, explore new forms, and test a workflow that prioritised hand drawing over screen time. Each character followed the same rule set: one hour of sketching to generate six options, then thirty minutes in Illustrator to refine the selected direction.

The full set was shared on Instagram and the portfolio site, and later edited into a two-print series featuring eighteen selected characters, produced in a small run and used as a self-initiated print project. Across the series, the work maintained consistent structural quality while allowing each character to have its own personality within the same overall approach. The challenge also generated useful external feedback from other designers, which helped stress-test decisions around proportion, contrast, and detail.

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The project confirmed that the strongest results came from treating legibility as a baseline and using drawing as the main tool for exploring ideas, with digital work focused on precision and refinement. It also highlighted how simple constraints on time and process can keep output consistent over several weeks without diluting quality. A future round would likely introduce a single unifying concept and motion, with the aim of evolving the outcomes into a cohesive display typeface.