Dinamo's design team meticulously recreated Stefan's handwriting using a Pentel MLJ20 pen, ensuring the font reflected his personal style. Instead of eliminating imperfections, they incorporated them to enhance authenticity, including a feature allowing users to cross out letters digitally. They additionally created an innovative accordion book showcasing the font, containing Stefan’s drawings, essays, and artworks, merging the physical and digital realms in unique ways that reflect his love of fanzines and their own design ethos.
To really bring Stefan's letters to life, the designers paid close attention to the artist's tool of choice - a Pentel MLJ20 pen. They analysed the thickness of the nib, recreating it exactly so the stroke weight of the font really encapsulates the charming, wobbly lines of Stefan's hand. "I've definitely never given a single pen so much attention before this one," Johannes adds.
This dedication to the real-world appeal of the font extends into the form of each letter, and rather than getting rid of the "inconsistencies", they've been embraced.
When Stefan sent over his letter samples to Dinamo, one thing really stood out to them: the crossings out. Stefan had crossed out the letters he didn't like. But - instead of doing as the line indicates, and getting rid of them - the team turned them into a 'mistake feature' which lets you digitally cross out text.
Inspired by Stefan's love of fanzines and Dinamo's dedication to the physical type specimen, the "artist-specimen-accordion-book hybrid" is exactly what is says on the tin.
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