Big Cheese
Emigre · Bob Aufuldish and Eric Donelan · 1992
A decorative display typeface from 1992 designed at Emigre, bundled with 126 illustrations and offered in Light and Dark variants.
About
Designed by Bob Aufuldish and Eric Donelan, Big Cheese is a product of the early-1990s Emigre era, when experimental and decorative type design flourished alongside the desktop publishing revolution. The family comes in two variants, Light and Dark, and is packaged with a set of 126 complementary illustrations for use in display contexts. Its ornamental character makes it suited to headlines and graphic applications rather than extended text.
Classification
An ornamental display face with illustrative character sets, offered in Light and Dark variants. Its decorative nature and inclusion of 126 illustrations place it firmly in the display/decorative category.