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If Futura Extra Bold was a person, what would they be like?

Type Dating Game

A taste of type

Creative Review. Posted on 23rd September 2015. Type / Typography

Typeface #3 was described as an “unstable wannabe with no style and a 50s moustache who, on a date, would take you for a hotdog at a bowling alley, all the while smelling of JOOP!”

If Futura Extra Bold was a person, what would they be like? Would you go on a date with them? And what does a typeface smell like? Sarah Hyndman’s Type Tasting games question our responses to fonts. Last weekend, she brought a pop-up version of her workshop to the V&A. Natalie Kelter described what happened for Creative Review.

Type Dating Game

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Pop-Up Preparation: A Type Tasting Event Teaser

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Hello it’s Natalie again, with my final blog post before the London Design Festival Pop-up event! We’re very busy in the studio today, putting together the final touches ready for everyone to come along and have a play with type tomorrow. If you’d like to know why those final touches include 1,800 chunks of chocolate, then carry on reading!

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Pop-up Preparation: A Type Tasting Event Teaser

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Hello it’s Natalie again! Here I am giving you another glimpse into the wild and wonderful things that I’ve been up to in the Type Tasting studio this week. If you’d like to find out how sixteen carefully wrapped parcels and a rather cheeky looking answer box are going to be involved in this weekend’s event, then carry on reading.

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Pop-up Preparation: A Type Tasting Event Teaser

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Hello I’m Natalie, and this week I’ve been busy helping the Type Tasting studio, creating the games and experiments for the Pop-up Type Tasting event at the V&A for the London Design Festival on the 19th and 20th September. Find out more about the event here. Here I’m going to give you a sneak peek of what we’ve been up to!

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