More about Whomp
Whomp takes its inspiration from the work of an American master in signpainting and alphabet manipulation: Alf Becker. In 1932, Becker begandesigning a series of alphabets to be published in Signs of the Timesmagazine at the rate of one alphabet per month. Nine years later, 100 ofthose alphabets were compiled in one book that became an enormous successamong sign painters. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many Alf Beckeralphabets were digitized with blurbs that falsely credit an "Alf Beckertypeface". Alf Becker was not really a typeface kind of guy. He was more ofa calligrapher and sign painter. His alphabets were either incomplete orfull of variations on different letters, and didn't become typefaces untilthe digital era.
This particular Becker alphabet was quite incomplete. In fact, it wasn't ashowing of an alphabet, but words on a poster. Alejandro Paul took thechallenge of drawing, digitizing, restructuring, and finally building acomplete usable typeface from that partial alphabet. He then extended hispleasure by once again playing with the wonderful possibilities of OpenType.Whomp comes with more than 100 alternates, tons of swashy endings andligatures, all built into the font and accessible through OpenType palettesin programs that support such features.
This is the in-your-face kind of font that stands among other Becker-basedalphabets as paying most homage to the vision of this great American artistwho saw letters a live ever-changing beings.
Whomp is right at home when used on packaging, signage, posters, andentertainment related products.
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