Type Art and Laughter Playtime

I'm not a type guy. Or at least a good one. (You want to see some fine type check out my colleague Alan Ariail here.) I have an appreciation and fondness for type. But I play. There's a lot of type "art" on the internet and one thing I could never get was people spending all those hours on a piece that ultimately takes you forever to figure out what the heck it says... or means.

Not only that but often what it says doesn't make any sense. Like it's something esoteric or something. To me, type is about when you're trying to tell somebody something, and anything that interferes with the communicative value of that message is something that should be avoided. Unless it's hip art meant to be put on a loft wall and looked at for hours to find the hidden meaning.

On the other hand, there are some interpretations of type out there that are playful, friendly and easy to read; that lend a human character and appeal to words. (Bad example above.)

Ultimately appreciation of lettering is not just about how many fonts or typefaces you have or how you pick them, but about what they say and how they say it.

And in posting this I don't mean to pose as someone worthy of giving some wise wisdom lesson necessary to fulfill your life.

Thank you for taking the time to look at these playtime experiments of mine, done while at home recuperating.