LL Jumping Jack
Lineto · Dieter Zembsch, Charles Grant, Sascha Bente · 2020
A modular display face originally designed for Mecanorma dry-transfer sheets in 1975, built from overlapping jointed components that mimic the articulation of a toy jumping jack.
About
Originally drawn by Dieter Zembsch and first published by Mecanorma in 1975, it won him Letraset's 1973 type design competition in an earlier form. Each letterform is constructed from overlapping segments with small circular holes representing joints, giving the face a mechanical, toy-like character that sits somewhere between abstract and legible. The digital version was first sketched by Charles Grant in 2011, then fully expanded and completed by Sascha Bente at Lineto in 2019, with the final release in 2020.
Classification
A geometric, modular display face built from overlapping jointed components resembling a jumping jack toy; purely display in intent with no aspiration toward body text use.