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Smeltery · Jack Usine · 2010
A set of 26 illustrated initials drawn from the cemetery typography of Castillon-la-Bataille, created for a 2010 Berlin gallery exhibition.
About
Each glyph in this single-style display face is an initial letter reimagined through the engraved and monumental lettering of a French cemetery. Designed by Jack Usine for an exhibition with Fanny Garcia at Berlin's Zirkumflex gallery, it also accompanied an eponymous printed edition. The result is less a working typeface than a curated typographic artefact: 26 characters plus an ampersand that document a specific place and funereal visual tradition.
Classification
An ornamental display face composed of 26 illustrated initials drawn from cemetery typography; its pictorial, funereal character places it firmly in the decorative display category.