Scacco Matto

Scacco Matto is part of Federico’s bachelor thesis project. It’s a typeface divided into three styles inspired by chess (Cavallo, Torre, and Alfiere, also known as Knight, Rook, and Bishop). Each letter in a style is constructed on an 8x8 grid, mirroring a chessboard, and traces its path from the starting square of the chess piece, adhering to the allowed movements of each chess figure. The result is a total of 165 glyphs for each style, with compatibility for Western European languages.