FellaParts
Emigre · Edward Fella · 1993
Edward Fella's 1993 ornamental parts font for Emigre, comprising 170 hand-drawn illustrations and letterform fragments across two subfamilies.
About
Rather than a conventional typeface, FellaParts supplies a library of 170 drawn components and illustrations, reflecting Fella's background as a commercial artist and his idiosyncratic hand. The two subfamilies, FellaParts One and FellaParts Too, extend the set of raw material available for typographic collage and assemblage. It is characteristic of the experimental, anti-rational spirit that defined Emigre's output in the early 1990s.
Classification
FellaParts is an ornamental display font consisting of 170 illustrations and drawn letterform components, functioning more as a pictorial/parts font than a conventional typeface. It defies standard classification but sits squarely in the display/decorative category given its illustrative, non-text nature.