Updated Sample Page for Buddhism Teachings

In 2023, I created a Vietnamese typographic sample page highlighting the Buddhism teachings, in which I found “The Fourteen Teachings of the Buddha” and “The Ten Commandments of Mindfulness” to be insightful. At the time, I used two Buddha illustrations created by AI to accommodate the text. Even though the graphics were nice, AI Buddha just didn’t feel right. I had been wanting to remove them. This weekend, I finally pulled the plug.

In addition to removing the illustrations, I updated the type. In the previous version, the text was set in a beautiful serif typeface. It could have been fine to leave it as it was, but I wanted to give the sample page a bit of a “Biblical” reference. I decided to set the text in Bradley DJR, designed by David Jonathan Ross for his Font of the Month Club. Bradley DJR started out as display typeface, but David had begun working on the text side last year. Even though it is still a work in progress, it covers enough ground to be used on a project like this one.

I am happy with the update. Take a look if you haven’t and you might find the Buddhism teachings to be useful to navigate your life. It’s a quick read.