Arbitrary
Emigre · Barry Deck · 1990
Barry Deck's 1990 display typeface from Emigre, a product of the foundry's formative experimental period in digital type design.
About
Released through Emigre in 1990, Arbitrary reflects the deconstructivist typographic thinking that defined the foundry's early output. Available in Regular and Bold, its letterforms engage with the possibilities and constraints of early digital type production. It remains a document of a specific moment in type history when designers were actively questioning the conventions of letterform construction.
Classification
An experimental display typeface from the early digital era, designed during Emigre's influential period of type experimentation. Its irregular, deliberately constructed letterforms resist easy classification within traditional categories.