The ABC of typography

BECAUSE TYPOGRAPHY IS WEIRD REALLY

BECAUSE TYPOGRAPHY IS WEIRD REALLY

As a personal project, I decided to investigate typography by making an ABC book. I’ve taken each individual letter, and searched for a font that started with the same letter. I investigated the fonts, especially to see what kind of vibe, feeling or personality it had. After the investigating, I wanted to capture that personality, so I went out and created each letter with a specific material and tried to create a setting in which the character of the font is represented.

The idea was to make people look differently at typography. We see a lot of type around us every day, but why are certain fonts used? To fit that idea in the cover, I’ve created a sleave which, if you pull it off the book, will create an optical illusion of moving letters. It also leaves you with type that’s harder to read, so you’ll need to take a closer look at it before it will be readable.

ABC book spread letter A moldy bread
ABC book spread letter B hair gel
ABC book spread letter C comic sans
ABC book spread letter D candle wax
ABC book spread letter E metal stamped
ABC book spread letter F acrylic
ABC book spread letter G dust
ABC book spread letter H printing press
ABC book spread letter I brick
ABC book spread letter wooden J
ABC book spread letter icecube
ABC book spread letter L tattoo
ABC book spread letter shadow M
ABC book spread letter N neon sign
ABC book spread letter O metal
ABC book spread letter rust P
ABC book spread letter bread Q
ABC book spread letter wooden R
ABC book spread letter graffiti S
ABC book spread letter fries and ketchup T
ABC book spread letter newspaper coffee U
ABC book spread letter gummybear V
ABC book spread letter windings W
ABC book spread letter coins Y
ABC book spread letter glued paper X
ABC book spread letter ceramic Z
ABC book spread colofon

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Wow, you made it to the end!

Wow, you made it to the end!

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