Nylon / Draylon
Barnbrook · Jonathan Barnbrook
A paired display family drawing on pre-16th century mediaeval letterforms and 18th century ceramic lettering, both redrawn with deliberate digital crudeness.
About
Nylon takes its shapes from mediaeval portraits at the National Gallery in London, where classical letterforms have warped into something almost demonic over centuries of reproduction. Draylon is its more composed companion, sourced from 18th century ceramic lettering some 200 years later in stylistic lineage, and the two are designed to be mixed together. Both are drawn with an acknowledged digital awkwardness, treating the computer as a visible part of the making process rather than a neutral tool.
Classification
Nylon draws on pre-16th century mediaeval letterforms with deliberately distorted, almost demonic character; Draylon is a more restrained companion based on 18th century ceramic lettering. Both are display faces with an intentionally crude digital quality.