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01-09-2007, 01:23 AM
A fountain of fonts
PCA&D exhibit shows off some unusual interpretations of the alphabet
By Susan E. Lindt
Intelligencer Journal
Published: Jan 05, 2007 12:44 AM EST
LANCASTER, Pa. - For most of us, it’s the words that matter, not the letters.
But in “Alphabet,” a traveling exhibit at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, our ABCs are the stars.
“Alphabet” is solely focused on those 26 symbols most of us take for granted — and what those symbols can say when not cluttered into the context of words.
These are not your average letters.
About 60 artists reconstructed the alphabet for this “Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography” without regard for legibility or practicality — and oh, what they’ve done for our ABCs.
Full Story (http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/29215)
PCA&D exhibit shows off some unusual interpretations of the alphabet
By Susan E. Lindt
Intelligencer Journal
Published: Jan 05, 2007 12:44 AM EST
LANCASTER, Pa. - For most of us, it’s the words that matter, not the letters.
But in “Alphabet,” a traveling exhibit at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, our ABCs are the stars.
“Alphabet” is solely focused on those 26 symbols most of us take for granted — and what those symbols can say when not cluttered into the context of words.
These are not your average letters.
About 60 artists reconstructed the alphabet for this “Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography” without regard for legibility or practicality — and oh, what they’ve done for our ABCs.
Full Story (http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/29215)