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"Type designer\u00A0Peter Bi\u013Eak\u00A0has embarked on a seeming impossible challenge: to balance both beauty and ugliness within a single typeface. As I Love Typography notes,\u00A0Karloff\u00A0is the result of Bi\u013Eak's\u00A0attempts to demonstrate &amp;quot;just how closely related beauty and ugliness are,&amp;quot; and to combine these two extremes into\u00A0&amp;quot;a coherent whole.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAccording to\u00A0Bi\u013Eak, his design process began by studying the generally well-loved &amp;quot;high-contrast Didone typefaces&amp;quot; and the conversely more controversial, reversed-contrast\u00A0\u2018Italian\u2019 typeface.\r\n\r\nIn our opinion as type-admirers, he has succeeded magnificently, but you can see for yourself below:\r\n\r\nhttp://vimeo.com/50080784\r\n\r\nFrom the creator:\r\nKarloff, the result of this project, connects the high contrast Modern type of Bodoni and Didot with the monstrous Italians. The difference between the attractive and repulsive forms lies in a single design parameter, the contrast between the thick and the thin.\r\nKarloff Positive:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKarloff Negative:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe two contrasting versions of this face, Karloff Positive and Karloff Negative, were combined to form\u00A0Karloff Neutral, serving as a middle ground between the extremes.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of\u00A0Bi\u013Eak's results? You can let us know your thoughts in the comments and learn more about his process here.\r\n\r\nFeatured image:\u00A0Kim Love, Source: NOTCOT"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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