Monument Valley Type This display type design practice pays tribute to Monument Valley, a mobile game released on the iOS App Store in 2014 by Ustwo. Inspired by the Chinese caption “沉默的公主，您已徘徊多遠” (How far have you wandered, silent princess) from Chapter 3—Hidden Temple, the typography design explores isometric components to create spatial illusions, reflecting the game’s signature style. The challenge was to simplify the word strokes for maximum legibility while fitting the typography into a grid derived from the game’s foundational structure. 2017 TYPE
(Right) Isometric details.
Monument Valley in Traditional Chinese.
Isometric framework extracted from game layouts.
Chinese radicals in the isometric framework.
“您” close-up.
“徊” close-up.
Game caption in Traditional Chinese from Chapter 3—Hidden Temple.