Sumprat
Daytona Mess · Anne-Dauphine Borione · 2023
A free experimental display typeface in two contrasting variants, Grate and Wire, from Paris-based designer Anne-Dauphine Borione.
About
Sumprat comes in two stylistic variants – Grate and Wire – whose names point to contrasting structural treatments: one constructed from grid-like or barred forms, the other from thin wire-like strokes. The typeface includes case-sensitive OpenType forms and size-based features, suggesting some typographic consideration beneath the experimental surface. Suited to highly specific editorial or poster contexts where an unconventional letterform is the point.
Classification
An experimental display typeface with two named stylistic variants – Grate and Wire – suggesting contrasting textural or structural treatments of the letterforms. Consistent with Daytona Mess's broader practice of designing at the boundary between legibility and illegibility.