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NO FONT / FILIPPO MANTINITYPE DESIGN / EDITORIAL

NO FONT

No Font explores letter construction, spacing and composition. The specimen brings together studies of shapes, weights and relationships between characters.

RoleType research
FormatEditorial specimen

ONE LETTER.
MORE POSSIBILITIES.

I took the narrative structure of Mr. Nobody as a starting point: the protagonist’s choices open up parallel stories. No Font brings this idea into typography, allowing the same letters to produce different readings.

Cuts in the letterforms become interlocking points. Regular spacing keeps the alphabet readable; bringing glyphs closer, rotating and overlapping them turns text into an open composition. The specimen explores these possibilities through letters, numerals and signs.

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A web prototype converted from Filippo Mantini’s original outlines: uppercase, lowercase, numerals and the signs shown in the specimen. Initial spacing; kerning needs refinement. Unsupported characters are indicated.

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No Font — Specimen cover
01 / Specimen cover
No Font — Alphabet and letter construction
02 / Alphabet and letter construction
No Font — Symbols and scale studies
03 / Symbols and scale studies
No Font — Spacing and overlapping
04 / Spacing and overlapping
No Font — Construction details
05 / Construction details
No Font — Weights and numerals
06 / Weights and numerals
No Font — Letter and symbol composition
07 / Letter and symbol composition

PROJECT CREDITS

Type design and editorial specimen
Filippo Mantini
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