As part of my research in type design I draw letters that test the limits of contrast. I am interested in how far the boundaries of a letter and its legibility can be stretched. Contrast in a letter is the ratio between the stem and the roof/base; the more you increase the ratio, the blacker the letters become, and through a formal idea I try to see how much black can be put into a letter – how much black color can be achieved in a block of text.
I don’t release these typefaces for sale in the catalog, but I would be glad to see them in use – so if you are designing a project these fonts could suit, I’d be happy to hear about it and help. You are welcome to get in touch through the form.
Fernando Botero Angulo was a Colombian neo-figurative painter and sculptor whose work is known for very full, rounded bodies of women and men, and he inspired me to draw Botero Stencil: a letter with a round terminal that creates inner spaces through thin cuts.
“A guest is like rain; when he lingers he becomes a nuisance” – from Yiddish proverbs, under the category of life wisdom. The typeface is built from cut geometric shapes with a whiff of the seventies. If a typeface is clothing for letters, this one came dressed in bell-bottoms.
A variable font made of a triangle and a line – and how is it that I search Google and can’t find one:
