I released Daphyre on January 19, 2022, as a single-style headline typeface. My aim was to combine the futuristic look of 1960s science fiction lettering with some of the stylistic tendencies of my own early work from the late 1990s. The design draws on the magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) style used in banking and financial documents, which always carried a futuristic quality, and reinterprets it with smoother edges and techno-styled strokes.

Instead of beginning with the Latin alphabet, I started by developing the Greek set. My intention was to explore more forward-looking Greek forms and then carry those ideas into the Latin design to keep the whole system consistent. The process was straightforward and did not present unusual technical problems.

Daphyre has not been updated since its release and has not appeared in notable projects. It remains a lesser-known design with limited uptake, but it stands as an example of my interest in retro-futuristic aesthetics and the blending of old technological references with newer forms.