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Publications:
Amplitude Classified Amplitude Headline Big Black Book Stencil Brunel Caponi Farnham Headline Houston Kaiser (NEW) Popular Corporate Design:
Bosch Deutsche Bahn Eero Empire State Building Harrison Munich Re Group Symantec
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2008. Commissioned by Colin Tunstall at Esquire's Big Black Book. Not available for licensing.



Back in 1999 or 2000 I started a typeface based on a stencilled "25" I saw in a photo in an exhibit on Bilbao. I put it away and didn't think about it again until Colin Tunstall spotted it on my site and asked me if I might like to finish it for him. I tried to talk him into using an existing stencilled Modern, but he insisted that Bilbao had something unique about it, so I worked to make it a bit more unique (and less like Le Corbousier's favorite stencil) by borrowing some interesting bits and pieces - particularly the figures - from Deberny & Peignot's early 20th century Moderns, which built on Didot's legacy but were decidedly less systematic and "perfect".

Between this, Stag Stencil, Neutraface Slab Display Bold Stencil, and a set of Stag Sans Black Stencil caps I drew as a favor for a book project, 2008 was my year of stencils. When it rains it pours.

Regular.