Projects from Barbara Hennequin
name
Barbara Hennequin (BarbaraHennequin)
country
netherlands
university
KABK Den Haag
department
Graphic Design
university address
Prinsessegracht 4
2514 AN Den Haag
university country
netherlands
url
id
0008349
title
Minus A Type Specimen
professor(s)
Michel Hoogervorst, Peter Verheul, Jan Willem Stas
rank
437
tags
year of making
2009
project url
http://www.barbarahennequin.nl
uploaded
2010-02-11 17:43:33
Minus a type specimen. About the Minus typeface: When people read text they don’t see letters, but only content and information. While reading your eyes move in automatic pilot mode, linking multiple fragments of information about letterforms (together) at an overwhelming pace. With this in mind the 4 weights of the Minus were designed: Minus 1, Minus 2, Minus 3 and Minus 4. In three steps the letters are broken down to their most minimal recognisable and therefor functional form. At what point do the fragments and parts of letters no longer suffice to be able to recognize a letterform, or: when is a letter no longer legible and does it become pure form?
In the specimen the four weights are used consecutively from Minus 1 to Minus 4. The challenge is to finish the story, The Adventure of the Final Problem (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), the guide of the specimen, and get to the denouement of the story, despite increasing difficulty in legibility.
