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RETAIL CUSTOM UNFINISHED
EARLY WORK
Ant & Bee Art Fonts Atlas Elroy Flywheel Gladys Hairspray Morticia Twist Zombie
ABOUT

   
1995, Released by the Agfatype Creative Alliance. Retired in 2006.




This typeface is the worst of my worst. I was wondering, "what if serifs were curly?" The answer is that they would look awful. This was my first attempt at drawing something "original". The proportions are all over the place, and the characters don't really go together. In the mid-90s, a lot of designers were attempting to salvage bad or uninteresting typefaces by giving them rough edges, and this is a prime example of that. I'm just glad I didn't draw any additional weights.

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