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Tactile Typography - Mudphabet - a Compost Display font

After much experimentation involving - among other things - strawberry jam, mud, grass & old road signs - I had a go at making a display alphabet using compost. The typography was based on the "Old Road Signs" font, with each letter being used as a guide to mould the compost into shape. 
The letters came out really well, and the background was photoshopped out. I'm just a bit upset I never found any worms to put in with the type as that would have been ace. Maybe next time
 
It starts with this - Compost
Click here to see what I eventually did with all this lovely stuff.
 
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Tactile Typography - Mudphabet - a Compost Display font
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Tactile Typography - Mudphabet - a Compost Display font

As part of the Monotype brief for the 2016 D &AD New Blood Awards I constructed a display font using compost and moulded with my bare hands. I've Read More

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