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Typefesse

fesses beurées

typefesse claire obscure

fesses beurées

typefesse pleine

Designed by

Océane Juvin

Styles

  • typefesse claire obscure
  • typefesse pleine

Collections

Writing systems

Date

Published on October 29, 2019

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Typefesse is a playful butt-shaped typeface in which the letters are rendered in such a way that the reading is done through the folds of the body.

The design of Typefesse is motivated by the surprising combination of two vocabularies, that of the body and that of the alphabet. The drawn alphabet reveals contortionist and playful creatures that either hide inside of it or that expose themselves to it. Is it the letter that defines the bodies' shapes, or is it the other way around? These creatures play with the viewer's gaze and fight against the lettershapes by disturbing their readability with their exuberance. The alphabet is laid bare and readers become spectator-voyeurs in spite of themselves. Typefesse is a typeface that generates a confusion between reading, seeing and spying. It's a titling font, although it has a surprising readability at small body sizes. Its three styles have been named in reference to the moon and its mysteries :

Claire — This is the most agile style, and the most contorted. The bodies are forced to twist or curl up in order to fit inside the letters. When they're set together to form a word, they seem to snuggle against each other and they make the adjacency of alphabetic signs more intimate.

Pleine — This style designates the heart of the letters. It allows the greatest readability at small body sizes and can be used as an additional layer on top of the Claire and Obscure styles.

Obscure — This is the most graphical style and the most illustration-like. The alphabet is represented as an assortment of lock holess through which the reader discovers the backside of letters. The letters are treated like spaces of play.

They are ordered in 2 font-files: Typefesse Claire-Obscure where capitals are Obscure whereas lower cases are Claire and Typefesse Pleine where outlines have been removed.

Typefesse got featured in Typographica's favourite typefaces of 2019. Read the article.

TYPEFESSE
In physics, the shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. The problem of the cause of this effect has been featured in Scientific American magazine, with several theories given to explain the phenomenon but no definite conclusion. As a second meaning, the fact that nearby phase front distortions of an optical wave are more severe than remote distortions of the same amplitude is called shower-curtain effect.
Avoir le feu au cul/au derrière. Frétiller de la fesse. En avoir ras le cul. Se bouger les fesses. Avoir chaud aux fesses. Serrer les fesses. Avoir quelqu’un aux fesses. L’avoir dans le cul. Avoir la tête dans le cul. Fesses à l’air. Mettre le cul en vent. Montrer sa lune. Montrer le cul. Péter plus haut que son cul. Avoir le cul entre deux chaises. Se lever le cul devant.
sans une fesse libre, aucun combat ne peut être entendu. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE.
le progrès social commence toujours par l’indépendance des fesses. ALBERT COSSERY.
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SHAKE WHAT YOUR MAMA GAVE YA
quand la société sert les fesses, les espaces de liberté individuelle se rétrécissent. ROLAND TOPOR.
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
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