Hiero is a character set that imagines letters in the Latin script as roughly square, three-dimensional sculptures that can be horizontally rotated. The typeface addresses the hypothetical notion that the letterforms of the Latin alphabet, as we know them, are actually profile representations of the “real” letterforms, which in Hiero have been corrected to now face the front. Ultimately, the characters in this writing system are built out of ten elements that are repeated, rotated, expanded, or contracted. This type of exploration parallels the content found in J. Abbott Miller’s Dimensional Typography (1996) and the idea that letterforms can be investigated beyond their expected “flat” appearance. Hiero takes its name from the word “hieroglyph,” meaning sacred engraving or carving, and was inspired by observing Egyptian hieroglyphics. The accompanying book, Speculatype (2017), presents the designer’s typographic explorations with Latin letterforms, offering in-depth case studies and information about the inspiration and process behind them.