Comment by gwern

FWIW, I call this approach 'square' writing, and have compiled some links at https://gwern.net/doc/design/typography/square/index

Probably the most interesting one is the 'Hangulatin' font (https://www.t26.com/fonts/22320-Hangulatin-EN), which is exactly what it sounds like, and unfortunately has been abandoned/linkrotten but you can see a lot of it in the old video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0syCsC0_4s