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Exquisite Font

Posted June 19, 2006

Inspired by Janet Cardiff’s writing and editing process, Thees Dohrn and Philipp Von Rohden, of Zitromat in Berlin, dismantled the Sabon typeface to create the custom letterforms—pieces of Rs married to pieces of Gs, for example—that lead readers through the author’s newest title, The Walk Book (distributed by D.A.P.), with the same dreamy effect its acoustic narratives bring to the landscape.

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