[4 of Louise Fili’s Mardell specimen posters] fontfolders Weirdly scarce

Weirdly scarce

The nice thing about writing a description for the specimen book of the light version of a face we already wrote about is that we can use the same text and but just set it in a lighter weight

so he of course made his own tools

a neat memento

[4 of Louise Fili’s Mardell specimen posters] fontfolders Weirdly scarceLouise Fili did a remarkable thing with her first ever typeface, the Italian Futurist inspired HWT Mardell. She made a geometric design without strictly adhering to a system. She allowed herself to play, resulting in innovative solutions to problematic characters. With its angular, constructed letterforms, the no nonsense design is also a fitting tribute to the woman it was named for: veteran Hamilton Manufacturing type cutter Mardell Doubek. Now,