Type specimen: MADBOY - by Nicola Cosner

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Illustrator

Glyphs

At the beginning of our project we did a calligraphy workshop with Eva Pรถll. That became the starting point from which we built our own typeface. I decided to steal Palatino's serifs and combine them with my calligraphy letters. Here's the result... Fontself





24/26 pt Clouds keep changing their shapes. They are fluid because they are condensed water particles...

11/13 pt I am thinking I may have an obsession about this water. The doctor has told me I am dehydrated; there's not enough water in my body. He suggested I should drink 2-3 liters of water every day. Mineral water or tea!

7/9 pt I thought there is a connection between my need to add salt to my food and thirst. My body has found itself a pretext - salty food - to make me drink more water. I have a lot of thoughts about the manifestations of my body, which seem logical and aim at inner balance. Everybody has in fact got an inner physician in oneself. What need is there of an outside doctor then? If you allow yourself lie at the will of your free inclinations, with no assumptions whatsoever, you will have the intuition of making things that may surprise you, nevertheless useful to your body and securing your health and high spirits.




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