Eckmannpsych
OH no Type · James Edmondson
A psychedelia-inflected revival of Otto Eckmann's Art Nouveau display lettering, issued in three optical sizes designed to maintain consistent thin strokes across scales.
About
Built on the ornate, organic letterforms of Otto Eckmann's late-nineteenth-century typeface, this version layers in deliberate distortion and hallucinatory character to create something between archival revival and graphic provocation. Three optical sizes, Small, Medium and Large, allow the characteristic hairlines to remain consistent whether set as body copy or at poster scale. Bizarre umlaut variants, overlappable styles for instant psychedelic layering, and a registered trademark that took long enough to draw it needed registering make this a genuinely characterful display family.
Classification
A psychedelia-inflected reworking of Otto Eckmann's Art Nouveau blackletter-adjacent display typeface, placing it firmly in the display category with Jugendstil roots and deliberate distortion.