Fifty-Nine, an Art-Deco Display Font
Inspiration: The swooping curves, sharp fins and bullet-style tail-lights of the 1959 Cadillac Series 62 was the primary inspiration for this font. Second only to the Art Deco detailing found on cars from the late 1940’s through the early 1950’s.
Process: Modifying an earlier assignment, Tape Type, I decided to refine and advance the letterforms created with that project. The assignment for the Tape Type assignment was this:
Process: Modifying an earlier assignment, Tape Type, I decided to refine and advance the letterforms created with that project. The assignment for the Tape Type assignment was this:
Using 26 pieces of 3/4" black tape, craft all 26 capital letters of the alphabet by cutting, combining, overlapping, merging, knocking-out or folding. The only caveat was that every piece of tape, cut away, must be put back into the creation of that letter.
The original inspiration: the Tape Type Project
A close-up of the Tape Type project.
The Final Font
