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Sol specimen from Radim Pesko

A typeface derived from Sol LeWitt's 1974 open cube variations, where each character is constructed from the spatial geometry of an incomplete cube.

About

Each letterform is built from the structural logic of Sol LeWitt's '122 variations on incomplete open cubes', treating the cube's spatial potential as a typographic system. Letters sit at the boundary of abstraction and legibility, asking the reader to complete the form in their imagination. The typeface is not available for purchase and has appeared in headlines for NYT Style.

Classification

Sol is a conceptual display typeface where each letterform is derived from the spatial geometry of an open cube, placing it firmly in experimental geometric display territory with abstract, constructed forms.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

geometricconceptualexperimentaldisplayabstractart-referenceconstructed