The Ninth Circle Cafe is a destination venue built on the bedrock of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal culture. It serves as a haven for those who find comfort in the loud, the dark, and the intense. By blending high-quality coffee with an unapologetically gritty aesthetic, the cafe offers an "ultimate experience" that mirrors the intensity of the music playing through the speakers.
Developed specifically for The Ninth Circle, RAZZORS is a custom typeface that subverts the formal, literary structure of the classic 'Miller' font to embody the aggressive spirit of rock and metal. Drawing inspiration from the jagged aesthetics of genre album art, the design process involved stripping away Miller's bookish conventions to create something rebellious and distinct.
While early sketches were overly stylized, the final result achieves balance by grounding razor-sharp terminals and piercing edges within the original font’s legible skeleton. With refined stems, corrected proportions, and a heavy bold weight, RAZZORS creates a visual tension between traditional curves and metallic intensity, perfectly mirroring the cafe's atmosphere.
