A type specimen for 2-weight typeface "ALIEN SPEECH" by Zin Nagao, a designer active in fields ranging from typeface design to graphics and animation.
"ALIEN SPEECH" is an experimental typeface in which each character possesses a non-uniform density and scale. Within the book, the characters from A to Z are depicted as individual living entities—aliens—and their manner of forming colonies to create words is documented in the style of an observation log. Furthermore, the set includes various pieces of ephemera, such as medicine bags from an alien hospital, receipts recording fragments of daily life, posters, allowing the viewer to visually explore the narrative context behind the typeface. The publication also includes the actual font data, enabling the viewer to download and use the typeface on their own desktop.
- Pages: 8 + 5 posters + 5 cards + disk Size: 330 x 240 mm Softcover Colour, black and white