Pea

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Credits

Designer(s)
Corey Holms
Foundry(ies)
Umbrella
Release Year
2005
Country of Origin
United States
Classification
Ornamented, Novelty, Futuristic
Original Format
Digital
Distributor(s)
Veer
Tags
spirograph, squiggle, wire

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Taking an almost banal, ubiquitous letter shape — the geometric sans-serif — Pea gleefully plays with contradictions by rendering it using elaborate calligraphic swashes. Both worlds are given equal prominence, the overly ornate special occasion and the everyday.

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Last edited by Stephen Peasley on May 6, 2010, 01:19pm EST

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