08/20/2021
New release: Libido! Take a 30% off release promo, for the next four days only (applied automatically).
Libido is a unicase display typeface, inspired by the work of 1960’s psychedelic poster artist Wes Wilson (who himself took a note from early 1900’s Viennese artist Alfred Roller).
Each letter is a rectangle, with a few elegant cut-outs that give it the shape of a letter. Their minimal exteriors allow for the letters to easily be stretched, warped, and distorted.
Before Libido, the only way to achieve this look was custom hand-lettering. Now, thanks to the magic of variable fonts and some hard work by yours truly, it can be as easy as pie!
Libido’s width axis morphs letters from narrow to extremely wide, and its optical sizing axis allows each letter to look (relatively) legible both big and small. But more importantly, when combining these axes together, the width axis will allow each line to be as wide as the next, and the optical sizing axis will help you to achieve uniform contrast. Wes Wilson couldn’t have done it better himself.
However, Libido goes further than imitating the work of artists past. Besides the traditional “Smooth” style, Libido has a “ragged” style which removes all curves.The ragged style is a unique take on the genre, and has a rather different vibe from the smooth cut.
While it carries the same benefits—fully variable width and optical sizing—it doesn’t carry the same psychedelic connotations as its counterpart, and can therefore be employed in new and interesting settings.
Libido comes equipped with a wide character set (probably wider than necessary—are you really going to need a μ or a § in this style?), which includes Latin Plus language support.
There is also a fine selection of ornamental glyphs, which can be used in patterns, as border decorations, or otherwise.
Available and testable on my website, link in bio :)
