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BackOut

Velvetyne · Frank Adebiaye, with the contribution of Ariel Martín Pérez · 2012

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displayAfrican glyphic display
BackOut specimen from Velvetyne

A bold African glyphic display face named after a Bob Marley song.

About

BackOut takes its name directly from Bob Marley's song, and Frank Adebiaye built the letters as a kind of African glyphic display face, bold and angular with an incised, carved quality rather than a drawn one.

Classification

Described by the foundry as a kind of African glyphic typeface, its name taken from Bob Marley's song of the same title.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

displayglyphiccultural-referencebrutalist