Clotilde Olyff challenges and surprises us. Legibility fonts are above all familiar designs, seldom shocking us visually. Alpha Bloc and Geometrique explore alphabetic form, stretching recognition, teasing, surprising, thrilling us with unfamiliar…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 15, 2015
Tobias Frere-Jones began Armada in 1987. An experiment in algorithmic design, Armada follows the verticals and flat arches so often to be found in the architectural geometry of cast iron and brickwork in nineteenth-century...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Whichit contains typefaces designed with a hexagonal motif. The opposite sides of the hexagon are parallel but two of them are longer than the other four. It does not have reflective symmetry so flipping...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Thick, ballooned chunks, strung together by thinner sections, Kerndog looks as if it’s been constructed from flexible corn dogs. Perfect for kid stuff and unusual advertising needs. Kerndog is legible at most sizes, but...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
PostScript fonts are constructed by connecting dots, dots that have special attributes that control the shape of the connecting lines. In designing Minimalist, I wanted to see how few dots could be used to...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Onyon is a bizarre typeface with vertical stems that thicken in the middle and narrow at the ends. It was created as an experiment to see what a typeface would look like if the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
What would a typeface look like that used a gothic arch, a feature of medieval architecture, as its motif? I decided to find out and the result was not beautiful but frightful. GothicHorror uses...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024