designers visualize font weights of the arial typeface as human flesh
(above) arial black
all images courtesy of alex palazzi

 

 

 

barcelona-based designers alex palazzi, eudald carré and mio ouchi form the project ‘arial family’ as an experimental series that investigates a proposed relationship between typography and the human body. changes in the font ‘weight’ are imagined as physical sizes of the human body, spelled out using the ‘arial’ typeface. black, bold, regular and light variations are visualized with a realistic texture that mimics the skin, with wrinkles, folds, moles and bones intricately spelling out the typeface name.

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arial bold

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arial regular

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arial light

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detail of the A for arial bold

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detail of the A for arial regular

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detail of the A for arial light

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letters sculpted from clay

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clay letterforms were sculpted for reference

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sculpting the letters

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carving the arial light letter