Curious Typefaces

A forever growing world of typefaces makes it increasingly harder to remember all your favourites. The first volume of this collection showcases just a few of those worth celebrating and physically places them on your shelf, to make sure they won’t get lost in the ever expanding world of design. 

Fundamentally, typography plays two roles in design. Communicating language through symbols and emitting emotion through the way those symbols are formed. In some cases, the typeface transitions from communicating the subject into becoming the subject itself. Letterforms become the focus of your attention rather than the message itself. This can be used as an effective method for creating identity. Creating a visual voice through the use of a distinct typeface communicates who the message is from, before the message is even read. Untold amounts of typefaces leave you eager to know more about the subject they represent. Experimental typefaces can serve the purpose of generating curiosity, that grab your attention and leave you eager to know more. Graphic designers have an obligation to consumers when selecting a typeface. The importance of choosing a typeface can often be underestimated, as designers are responsible for drawing the link between the content and reader, and also for framing the way people interact with that information.

There seems to be a constant production of new and interesting typefaces, but that shouldn’t stop us from appreciating and reminding ourselves of older typefaces that stand the test of time. There are a vast amount of quality typefaces, and this book explores just a tiny handful of those. What is great about these curious typefaces, is that their charm makes you want to use them. Their letterforms and features can often inform a project. These typefaces hopefully help to intrigue designers, to both use and create more experimental typography.

Contributors: Hort, Studio Dumbar, Two Times Elliott,  Vrints-Kolsteren, Dinamo, Frost, Grilli Type, Good Type Foundry, Velvetyne, 205 TF, Letters from Sweden, Lineto, Very Cool Studio, Cape Arcona, Central Type, HAL Typefaces, Nguyen Gobber, Ohno, Rüdiger, Tightype, XYZ Type 

Dimensions: 148 × 210 mm
Format: Softcover
Language: English
Year: 2024
Publisher: Offcuts