BTC 1983
Bad Type Club · Matt Scott Barnes · 2024
An eight-weight display family spanning monoline sans serif to rollerball script, drawing on 1983's cultural and political atmosphere for its aesthetic range.
About
Designed by Matt Scott Barnes and released in 2024, BTC 1983 moves through a spectrum of styles within a single family, from a clean geometric sans at the lighter end to a dynamic script at the heavier end. The thematic premise references the collision of events in 1983 – space exploration, geopolitical conflict, pop culture – to justify the tonal breadth. At $20 it positions itself as an accessible novelty face suited to editorial and poster work with a retrofuturist bent.
Classification
A multi-weight display family spanning monoline sans serif to rollerball script styles, unified by an 80s-inflected aesthetic. The extreme stylistic range across weights places it firmly in the display/novelty category.