Madcap
Mark Simonson · Mark Simonson · 2024
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An all-caps novelty face built on skewed, off-grid geometry, rooted in the lettering style Simonson used as a teenager in the early seventies.
About
Madcap revives a lettering habit Simonson picked up in high school, itself inspired by sixties comic book and greeting card lettering. Its liveliness comes from letters that avoid squaring off to any grid while keeping a consistent rhythmic logic, plus an alternate lowercase-style E and a full set of dingbats.
Classification
A skewed, all-caps novelty lettering style rooted in comic and greeting-card lettering, so it sits in display rather than script since the letters don't connect.
Weights
Black
Languages
Latin Extended
Tags
noveltycomicall-capsbrandingretro