A. ABF Silhouette
Nouvelle Noire · Philippe Apeloig · 2013
A display typeface by Philippe Apeloig in which ABF Petit letterforms appear as white negative shapes cut from solid black blocks, designed for the ABF library conference theme of Space and Architecture.
About
Philippe Apeloig's ABF Silhouette inverts and abstracts the ABF Petit typeface, presenting each letter as a white void within a solid black rectangle. The result reads as a bold, graphic counterpart to its sibling, where the architecture of the letterform is implied by the surrounding mass rather than by the stroke itself. Conceived around the conference theme of Space and Architecture of Libraries, it sits in the territory of bespoke exhibition and identity typography rather than general use.
Classification
A display typeface derived from ABF Petit, presented as negative letterforms set within solid black blocks, making it purely a display and experimental type specimen rather than a functional text face.