A Talkative Font

Words by Benoît Bodhuin

Issue N.08
Jan. 2017
Author: Benoît Bodhuin
Font: BB-Book A
Printed in the margins of:
Cassochrome, Waregem [BE]
± 800 copies

Abstract

Wham bam! The thunderous BB-Book lands on La Perruque for  an eighth issue as contrasted and expressive as this unabashed type.

Résumé

Crac boum! Le BB-Book débarque tonitruant sur le N.08 de La Perruque! Un numéro aussi contrasté et expressif que l’est ce caractère décomplexé.

1.

Various styles of BB-Book A: from light to bold, condensed to extra-extended, each weights has its own personality.

2.

Capricious and well-rounded counterforms in discussion with her outlines, straight as a ramrod.

3.

From strong to slight contrast, from light to bold, from skinny to bulky!

4.

Traps.

5.

From discreet serif to a talkative one.

6.

Hindered distribution of contrasts.

7.

“Reversed” interpolation via median styles.

8.

And many more oddities!

Font infos

BB-Book A (Licence)
Available for purchase at bb-bureau.fr.

About Benoît Bodhuin

Benoît Bodhuin is a graphic and type designer and also a teacher: an undecided curriculum – mathematics then graphic design – a freed practice and a strong interest in typography.

Links:
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