From the mind of graphic designer Nigel Cottier, Letterform Variations is an ongoing study into letterform construction using basic grid and shape-based systems; exploring their potential to generate vast amounts of varying alphabetical outcomes.

Cottier’s modular systems are built within expansive design spaces that facilitate the production of an almost infinite range of outputs, but what distinguishes them is the considered choices he makes subsequently – categorising and editing his results as competent and handsome representations of alphabetic forms.

Across its 692 pages, this book contains 19,840 of the letters Cottier has created so far – all from one simple framework.