LL BIFF
Lineto · Jonas Williamsson, Anatole Couteau · 1999
An uppercase display face drawn from New York throw-up graffiti letterforms, originally created in 1995 and revised by Anatole Couteau in 2022 with a companion outline cut.
About
Originally drawn by Jonas Williamsson in 1995 as part of a commissioned identity project and published by Lineto in 1999, LL BIFF takes its forms directly from early New York graffiti throw-up lettering. The name derives from the Swedish adjective 'biffig', meaning muscle-bound or chunky, and the revised 2022 version sees Couteau redrawing the original outlines, completing the character set and adding an outline variant with graphic illustrations nodding to Michel Jarland's Mecanorma typeface Astral (1971). It remains uppercase only, suited to headlines, posters and identities that want weight and swagger.
Classification
An uppercase-only display face derived from New York throw-up graffiti letterforms, chunky and bold by design, placing it firmly in expressive display territory rather than any text category.